Josef Schuster

September 5, 2024 | |

Islamist Gunman Shot by German Police Near Israeli Consulate in Munich

German police shot and killed a gunman in Munich on September 5 after he opened fire near the Israeli consulate in the Bavarian capital. The gunman — identified as an 18-year-old Austrian national —...

May 6, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

50,000 scholar NGO slams ‘antisemitic’ BDS prof., supports German rep.

“For cosmetic and political reasons BDS groups try, albeit unsuccessfully, to draw a distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism to soft peddle their racist policies."

June 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Hezbollah members rise to 1,050 amid growing Jew-hatred-intel

Merkel rejects appeals to ban Lebanese terrorist group.

June 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Pompeo Urges Germany To Follow Britain’s Lead in Outlawing Hezbollah

The German government ignored an urgent plea from the country’s Jewish community.

May 31, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Merkel Refuses to Outlaw Hezbollah, Snubbing German Jews After Kippah Row

When asked on Wednesday by The Jerusalem Post numerous times if the German government plans to ban the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist organization, Merkel and Seehofer refused to answer.

May 28, 2019 | |

German Jews Demand Ban on Hezbollah After Kippah Warning

Merkel's gov't has refused to outlaw the terrorist entity

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

Kippah Belongs to Germany, Declares Leading German Paper ‘BILD’

“Bild printed a kippah to cut out” because “it should not be allowed” that Jews in Germany have to hide after the Holocaust in order to be safe.

May 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal

U.S. Ambassador Urges Jews In Germany To Wear Kippot And Not Conceal Identity

Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, tweeted: "The opposite is true. Wear your kippa. Wear your friend’s kippa. Borrow a kippa and wear it for our Jewish neighbors."

May 19, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Ambassador: German anti-BDS motion should apply to Iran’s Regime

The US ambassador Richard Grenell suggested that the Bundestag resolution against BDS should apply to Iran's regime because it seeks the destruction of the Jewish state.

February 27, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews Slam German President for Praising Antisemitic Iranian Regime

“Why... after the Ayatollah Khamenei released a Holocaust denying video... did the president of Germany sent warm greetings to a regime that seeks Israel's destruction?"

February 25, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Weisenthal Urges Germans to Stop Business with Bank that Enables BDS

The bank was classified number 7 on the Wiesenthal Center’s 2018 top 10 list of worst outbreaks of antisemitism.

February 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foundation Under Fire for Awarding Prize to Antisemitic BDS Group

The group is called Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and is an energetic supporter of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state.

January 16, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Head of German Jewish Community Demands Bank Shut Account of Pro-BDS Group

Jewish Voice supports the BDS campaign against Israel.

October 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s best-selling paper calls for end of Iran trade to protect Israel

“It is high time to ask oneself where the money that Iran is earning by this trade is going," Dr. Schuster said.

September 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime

Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction.

September 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Grenell: Volkswagen to comply with US sanctions on Iran

The US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen will leave the Iranian market to comply with US sanctions on the Islam...

September 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Governor Opens Israel Office, Refuses to Ban Hezbollah, Iran Trade

Armin Laschet, the powerful governor of the largest German state North ...

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...

August 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Jewish Council Urges End of Iran- Germany Trade

The president of Germany's roughly 100,000 member Central Council of Jews called on Thursday for an immediate end to Iranian-German business relations, alleging that the trade benefits the I...