Handelsblatt

August 31, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Financial Watchdog Cracks Down on Turkish Public Lender’s German Subsidiary

Germany’s financial regulatory authority on August 26 announced a series of punitive measures against an unnamed financial institution that journalists have identified as Ziraat Bank International AG,...

October 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank holds account for soon-to-be-sanctioned Iran Air

Iran Air has been accused of aiding Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in his war against Syrian opposition groups.

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

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...

August 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany accused of betraying pledge to combat anti-Semitism by ignoring Iran sanctions

The German government is under fire for betraying its pledge to combat anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, in light of Berlin’s efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran. The cr...

April 9, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German diplomats defend Kuwait Airways’ ‘no Israelis allowed’ policy

German diplomats have said accusations of antisemitism against Kuwait Airways for its practice of refusing Israeli passengers are exaggerated, triggering sharp criticism from the Simon Wiesenthal...

June 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

Is Obama a Berliner?

BERLIN — Obama: Ist er ein Berliner? The German weekly Die Zeit posed this question...

April 14, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Jewish Chronicle

Concern over German Iran Policies

Only hours before Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu touched down in Berlin for talks last week, Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration announced that it would stop pumping billion...

April 12, 2011 | |

Boosting Israel’s Enemies

Only hours before German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin on Thursday, her government nailed a deal worth billions of Euros with the greatest...

April 8, 2011 | Weekly Standard |

Why Is Germany’s Angela Merkel Strengthening Enemies of Israel and the West?

Only hours before German chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin on Thursday, her government did a deal worth billions with the greatest threat to Israe...

April 8, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Jerusalem Post |

Iran, Settlements Overshadow Netanyahu-Merkel Talks

Diplomatic fissures between Israel and Germany over Berlin's pro-Iran trade and bank policies, peace talks with the Palestinians, and Germany's endorsement of an anti-Israel UN resoluti...

April 8, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Weekly Standard |

Why Is Germany’s Angela Merkel Strengthening Enemies of Israel and the West?

Only hours before German chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin on Thursday, her government did a deal worth billions with the greatest threat to Isr...

April 6, 2011 | Jerusalem Post

German Firms Finance World Champ in Holocaust Denial’

BERLIN – The new president of Germany's 105,000-member Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dieter Graumann, launched on Monday a withering attack on German companies, the Merkel administration an...

April 1, 2011 |

Why Has Germany Snubbed Obama over Iran Sanctions?

Berlin — According to a front-page story in the main German business daily the Handelsblatt, "Although [Iran] is subject to strict economic sanctions by the EU and USA, Germany helps in circumven...

April 1, 2011 |

Why Has Germany Snubbed Obama over Iran Sanctions?

Berlin — According to a front-page story in the main German business daily the Handelsblatt, “Although [Iran] is subject to strict economic sanctions by the EU and USA, Germany helps...

March 31, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Jerusalem Post

German Gov’t, Iranian Bank EIH Circumvent Sanctions’

BERLIN – New disclosures earlier this week have catapulted the scandal-plagued Hamburg-based Europäisch- Iranische Handelsbank (EIH), the German Foreign Ministry and Germany's Cen...

September 30, 2010 | Clifford D. May |

Ahmadinejad’s European Pals

In Thursday's European edition of the Wall Street Journal, FDD's Mark Dubowitz and Benjamin Weinthal expose the Swiss and German companies continuing to assist Tehran's nu...

September 29, 2010 | Benjamin Weinthal, Mark Dubowitz Wall Street Journal Europe

Iran’s European Helpers

The European Union in July imposed unprecedented sanctions against Iran's energy and financial sectors. But despite the crackdown, some European companies continue to sign up for business de...