Kuwait Airways

July 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Asaf Romirowsky

Germany needs legislation to punish companies for pro-BDS activity

German regional governments and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration continue to ignore the federal parliament’s 2019 resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign targeting...

July 23, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must implement its anti-BDS policy

Pro-boycott sentiments are present in many federal ministries and state governments.

September 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German state parliament bans BDS while anti-Israel bank defies resolution

The parliament of Germany’s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state as ...

September 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Prominent German Jews want JNF to close account with BDS-enabling bank

The German branch of the Jewish National Fund has been swept up in a widening antisemitism scandal because it won’t immediately close its account with the Bank for Social Economy that enabl...

August 10, 2018 | David May |

Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination

Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to ...

August 10, 2018 | David May |

Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination

Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to pay damages...

May 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian government may bar Kuwait Airways because of anti-Israel bias

Kuwait Airways is slated to start flights in and out of Vienna in June. However, Austrian Economics Minister Margarete Schramböck said on Wednesday she could not rule out deny...

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...

November 30, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Marxist-Leninist Party Sues German Banks Over BDS Account Closures

The Marxist-Leninist Party in Germany filed a lawsuit against the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank on Wednesday in the West German city of Essen, claiming the closure of the party's bank accou...

November 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Judge Compares Israel To State Sponsors of Terror Iran, North Korea

German judge Wolfram Sauer, who ruled last week in Frankfurt that Kuwait Airways can bar an Israeli passenger from flying on the Gulf country’s airline because of his nationality, juxtapose...

October 25, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Probes Kuwait Airways For Discrimination Against Israelis

Germany is investigating whether Kuwait Airways, in violation of air traffic laws, has refused to sell tickets to Israelis. The probe, launched Tuesday by Transport Minister Alexan...

December 8, 2006 | |

Negotiate with Iran?

The Iraq Study Group’s call for negotiations with Iran and Syria as “a way forward” has been widely derided. It is, abjectly, a return to September 10th thinking — to the...

January 29, 2006 |

Terrorists at the Gates

Did we invite them over?