Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime
Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction.
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German Festival Kicks Out Pro-BDS Musician Brian Eno
The Electricity Conference in the city of Düsseldorf disinvited the anti-Israel British musician and producer Brian Eno on Tuesday from its slated October event because of his advocacy of th...
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Berlin Intelligence Agency Declares BDS Antisemitic
The city-state of Berlin’s new intelligence report on Tuesday classified the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state as part of the outbreak of antisemiti...
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German Foreign Minister in Hot Water Over Effort to Bypass Iran Sanctions
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is under fire for seeking to circumvent powerful pending US financial sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, betraying his country’s pledge to combat...
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Top German Social Democrat Urges Bank to End Israel Boycott Support
Michaela Engelmeier, a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, demanded that the Bank for Social Economy stop providing accounts to groups that support the Boycot...
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Merkel’s party’s think tank compares Israel’s security wall to Berlin Wall
The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation – a think tank for German Chance...
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Israel blasts German festival for mainstreaming anti-Israel BDS
The Israeli Embassy in Berlin on Thursday slammed the German music and cultural Ruhrtriennale festival for providing a platform to negate the existence of the Jewish state. “We wil...
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Report: Iran using German companies to finance war in Yemen
Germany is considered the least cooperative of European allies in confronting Iran's bellicose activities.
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Make NATO great again
NATO’s first Secretary General, Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay, articulated the military alliance’s mission succinctly: “Keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans...
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Group of men attacks German Jew wearing Israeli pin and kippa
A large group of men attacked a 17-year-old German Jew who wore an Israeli pin and kippah on Friday night in what the police believe was an antisemitic attack. Media in the German city...
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Germany charges Iranian diplomat in Paris bomb plot
Germany’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday charged Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat based in Vienna, with hiring a Belgium couple of Iranian origin to bomb a Paris- based conference of...
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Violent attacks committed against Jews in Berlin and Zurich
German and Swiss media Sunday reported several violent attacks on Jews in Berlin and Zurich over the weekend. On Saturday, three Germans and six Syrians were detained for allegedly assau...
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Citibank and Arab Bank Stop Service to NGO with Links to Terrorism
The United Kingdom Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) announced on Tuesday that their organization succeeded in stopping the Defense for Children International Palestine (DCI-P) – a NGO accused of...
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To Help Iran, Angela Merkel Tries to Pull a Fast One With Swift
As the U.S. moves to reimpose sanctions on Iran, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is working behind the scenes to undermine the effort. How President Trump responds could determine whether his strategy...
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German Bank Enabling BDS may Violate its Ethical Code of Conduct
The pro-Israel group Action Forum Israel (Aktionsforum Israel) in Germany has released an eye-popping report on its website, questioning whether the Bank for Social Economy violated its internal...
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German intelligence agency deems BDS antisemitic
The intelligence agency for the German state of Baden-Württemberg referred to the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement as a "new variation of antisemitism" in its newly released May...
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Young Germans protest BDS conference
The youth organization of the German-Israel Friendship Society in Heidelberg protested on Friday against an "anti-Israel" conference filled with speakers who allegedly demonize and call for a boy...
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German bank executives may be included on top 10 list of antisemitism cases
International human rights organization the Simon Wiesenthal Center is considering the inclusion of three senior executives of the German Bank for Social Economy (BFS) on its list of the top ten...
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Neo-Nazis wave Palestinian flags in protest against Israel
German neo-Nazis expressed their solidarity with Palestinians on Monday by showing an antisemitic banner and waving PLO flags. A banner with the colors of the Israeli flag that sai...
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U.S. wants Germany to halt trade with Iran
Richard Grenell, the new U.S. ambassador to Berlin, came out swinging this week by reiterating the Trump administration’s position that European companies should stop working with the Islam...