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December 18, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Uses EU Funds to Finance Extremist Iranian Regime-controlled Group

The German government provides €283,150 to a radical pro-Iranian regime Shi’ite umbrella organization...

November 13, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Charges Palestinian With Murder of Christians Over Temple Mount Tensions

Germany’s federal prosecution charged a Palestinian man on Friday with murder and six counts of attempted murder. Ahmad A., 26, wanted “to kill as many German nationals...

September 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Calls To End Iranian Center’s German City Contract Due To Israel Hate

A leading politician from the city of Hamburg urged on Monday the cancellation of the city’s contract with an Iranian-regime controlled institution because it participates in the annual al-...

September 6, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor Lambasted For Enabling Uptick in BDS, Antisemitism

Berlin’s embattled Mayor Michael Müller is under fire from German Jews and antisemitism experts for allegedly tolerating hatred of Israel and a rising BDS campaign in the capital city....

August 16, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran And Russia Violated UN Weapons Sanctions

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia used a smuggling route to transport offensive weapons, allegedly in violation of UN Resolution 2231, Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on...

August 10, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Green Party Probes Iran’s Activity Against Israel And Dissidents

The expansion of Iranian regime institutions in Germany has prompted the opening of an inquiry by the Green Party in the Bundestag on Friday to assess Tehran’s anti-Israel and espionage act...

July 10, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran Seeking Nuclear Weapons Technology, German Intel Says

Damning German intelligence reports emerged in June and July revealing the Iranian regime’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and missile technology in defiance of international sanction...

June 29, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Vienna Hotel Cancels BDS Talk By South African Terrorism Financier

The Hotel Arcotel pulled the plug on a BDS event last week with Farid Esack, a South African Islamic theologian, who has raised money for a Palestinian terrorist. The planned talk titled...

June 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor Allows Hezbollah to March in ‘Zionists out of Israel’ Rally

Posters with anti-Israel slogans and Israeli flags with crossed out Stars of David blanketed the streets of Berlin on Friday. Mayor Michael Müller permitted nearly 600 Hezbollah sup...

May 31, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German FM Hosts Iranian Official Calling for Israel’s Destruction

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel welcomed Monday an Iranian religious leader who called for the elimination of Israel at last year’s al-Quds rally in Berlin. The appearance o...

February 20, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Party Condemns BDS, Compares Movement to Pre-WWII Antisemitism

German politicians from the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) in Hamburg submitted a resolution in early February calling on the state senate to take decisive action against the anti-Israel...

January 31, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Remove Terror Sponsor From German University, Says Israel Ambassador

Israel's Ambassador to Germany Ya’acov Hadas-Handelsman urged the University of Hamburg to dismiss South African Islamic theologian Farid Esack, who has been accused of antisemitism, p...

January 25, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Palestinian Terror Group Backer Teaching at German University, Sparks Row

University of Hamburg appoints as guest professor Farid Esack, who is the chairman of BDS South Africa

July 25, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Is the BDS movement facing economic warfare?

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is staring down the barrel of economic warfare with financial assaults on BDS, replicating in many ways the sanctions architecture imposed on Iran t...

June 29, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Rule Britannia

Whether you think the United Kingdom exiting the European Union is cause for alarm or celebration, you have to concede this: Britons engaged in an open, lively and mostly peaceful debate, they tu...

March 3, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European Affairs: BDS spreading like wildfire in Europe?

To fathom the potency (or lack thereof) of the BDS movement targeting Israel, the diverging and converging paths of its activity in the US and EU can be quite telling. First, the diverge...

October 5, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe Has Billions of Reasons to Let Iran Cheat

Europe’s rapidly expanding economic relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran prompted Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to call for a unified trans-Atlantic approach to enforcement of the...

August 24, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Why Europe is Not Likely to Enforce Iran Deal

With the reopening of the UK’s embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a new wrench has been tossed into the nuclear deal approval process: Britain’s likely reluctance to enforce violations.&nbs...

June 29, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Why Germany is the Weakest Western Link in Nuclear Talks With Iran

With the Iran nuclear talks entering the final stretch in Vienna, Germany’s role in the negotiations to end Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program has largely escaped scrutiny....

April 15, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Defrosted: Will German Firms Plunge Head First Into Iran?

Co-authored by Maximilian Kiewel With a framework in place for addressing the Iran nuclear issue, Germany, a member of the P5+1 powers negotiating with Tehran, sta...