Free Democratic Party

March 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s parliament favors Merkel’s anti-Israel U.N. voting pattern

Political representatives in Germany’s Bundestag overwhelmingly rejected a resolution by the Free Democratic Party to urge Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to reverse its anti-Israel voting r...

February 13, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foreign Ministry celebrates Iran’s Islamic revolution

German Jews accuse Maas of failing to internalize the lesson of the Holocaust with his robust support of Iran’s regime.

February 6, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Ambassador Urges Germany to Change Anti-Israel Stance at U.N.

Normally tight-lipped ambassador told 'Post' he holds private discussions with the German government regarding its support for evading US sanctions against Iran

October 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German politician who said Israel executes Palestinians urged to resign

Social Democratic Union legislator accused of ‘making Jew-hatred respectable’.

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank’s Anti-Semitism Leads United Israel Appeal to Shut Account

The German branch of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal – the prominent Israeli public fund-raising global organization to advance the security of the Jewish state – has closed it...

July 11, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Calls for German Festival director to resign over BDS support

The artistic director of a music festival in the west German city of Bochum is facing growing pressure to resign because of her intense defense of a boycott campaign targeting the Jewish state....

June 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Politicians Want Iran-Regime Center Ousted Over Antisemitism

Politicians in the northern German city of Hamburg rekindled on Monday a call from last year to cancel the city’s contract with an Iranian-regime controlled institution because it participa...

April 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German CEO: Israel should no longer rely on Germany for its existence

In an eye-popping commentary in the Die Welt newspaper last week, Mathias Döpfner, the pro-Israel CEO of the Axel Springer media conglomerate in Berlin, wrote that the Jew...

January 4, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel Slams German Foreign Minister for Comparing Jewish State to Apartheid

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan blasted German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday for comparing the Jewish State's policies in the disputed West Bank territory to the former rac...

September 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

What Does Today’s German Election Mean For Israel?

The German federal election on Sunday has tremendous significance for Israel, largely because the Federal Republic is one of Israel’s most important allies within the European Union....

July 18, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Berlin Mayor Rebuked Over Imam’s Call to Kill Jews and Stone Women

A Danish imam convicted for inciting hate after he preached for the extermination of Jews during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in 2014 appeared on Friday in Berlin at a radical mosque,...

May 3, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: German FM Fishes for Antisemitic Vote in Row with Israel

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s ongoing assaults on the legitimacy of the Israeli government may actually be about winning the federal election in September. In the latest...

December 14, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

World’s first BDS account closure, says German bank

The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) announced on Monday that it has shut down the account of a German group because it advocates a boycott against the Jewish state, fails to m...

March 4, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

Politicians in Albert Einstein’s German hometown fund anti-Semitic lecture

A municipally funded adult education center in Ulm – the birthplace of Albert Einstein – is slated to host next Wednesday a speaker accused of stoking anti-Semitism and hatred of Isra...

September 23, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: What Does Angela Merkel’s Election Win Mean for Israel?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s third consecutive electoral victory  has profound consequences for Israel’s support in Europe and its security cooperation with the Federal Repu...

May 3, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

The Rise of Germany’s Tea Party

Could a brand-new, anti-euro political movement threaten Merkel's quest for a third term?

December 5, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal, Emanuele Ottolenghi

An Unholy Alliance

Germany appeared over the past several months to have finally fallen in line behind European Union efforts to stiffen economic sanctions against Iran. But in late October a group of German parlia...

November 2, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jewish Chronicle |

German MPs Do Business with Iran

European politicians in Brussels and Berlin have unleashed a storm of criticism over their planned trips to meet representatives of Iran’s regime. A group of five left-wing MEPs ha...

September 18, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

Das Gift

How Angela Merkel's bold plan to save Europe may have just saved Barack Obama.

June 19, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal Foreign Policy

Drachmail and the New Democrats

Can Germany's Angela Merkel hold fast against Greek brinksmanship?