Michael Müller

April 30, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany outlaws Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah

Germany’s interior ministry on Thursday outlawed all of Hezbollah activities within the Federal Republic, boosting the chances of a European-wide ban on the U.S.-designated Lebanese terrorist entity. “The...

April 7, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US debunks Berlin leaders’ allegations that it seized 200,000 face masks amid coronavirus pandemic

The U.S. government and German commentators sharply criticized officials in Berlin for manufacturing a scandal, alleging that the Trump administration improperly seized 200,000 face masks destined for...

February 18, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin’s commissioner to fight antisemitism slams university for BDS event

“If anti-Israeli boycott and delegitimization campaigns are directly supported, the line regarding Israel-related antisemitism was crossed."

September 9, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Mainstream Parties Vote For Neo-Nazi As Community Leader

Stefan Jagsch is a member of the neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany that supports a boycott of the Jewish state.

September 8, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Ambassador To ‘Post’ Tehran Mayor Should Be On U.S./EU Sanctions List

Mayor Pirouz Hanachi of Tehran will meet his counterpart Michael Müller in Berlin.

September 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian Opposition Blasts Berlin Mayor For Meeting Tehran Counterpart

Iranian dissident Kazem Moussavi shouted at Müller as he was walking away from Berlin’s City Hall: “Long Live Israel, Long live the Iranian opposition!”

September 5, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor To Host Iranian Counterpart Who Called For Israel’s Demise

Michael Müller is facing criticism for failing to curb rising antisemitism in the German capital by hosting a meeting on Friday with Tehran’s mayor Pirouz Hanachi.

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

German Antisemitism Officer: Don’t Wear Kippot In Public

Felix Klein urges training for police on how to fight anti-Jewish activity

March 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Malaysia’s tourism minister says homosexuals don’t exist in his country

The Berlin-based daily paper Tagesspiegel queried Mohammaddin bin Ketapi about whether his country is safe for homosexuals and Jews

March 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Government Refuses to Ban Hezbollah, Rebuffs Israel and U.S.

The Merkel administration has also banned the website of the extremist left-wing group Indymedia and right-wing extremists entities over the years.

January 19, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Politician Urges to Cancel Event with Malaysia Due to Antisemitism

In a statement issued by the social democratic politician Michaele Engelmeier, she called for a cancellation of sports events in Malaysia.

July 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel’s ambassador convinces Berlin’s Jewish museum to cancel BDS speaker

Jeremy Issacharoff, Israel’s ambassador to Germany, complained to the head of the Jewish Museum in Berlin about a hardcore anti-Israel speaker, prompting the museum’s director to pull...

June 11, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Wiesenthal Center Urges Berlin Mayor to Ban Antisemitic Quds Rally

The Simon Wiesenthal Center wants the mayor of Berlin to pull the plug on the Iranian regime-sponsored al-Quds rally slated for Saturday in Berlin that will call for the destruction of the Jewish...

January 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Fails to Stop Israeli Artist from Performing Egyptian Songs in Berlin

A Lebanese-based organization that promotes a boycott of the Jewish state failed to stop performances on Saturday and Sunday in Berlin of the Israeli artist Ariel Efraim Ashbel who is celebrating...

September 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Under Fire Berlin Mayor Equates BDS With Nazis, Rejects Israel Boycott

The mayor of Germany’s capital, Michael Müller, will personally stop all city support and space for groups that advocate the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewis...

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 29, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Palestinian Terrorist Group Campaigns For Bundestag

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, an EU and US classified terrorist entity responsible the murders of scores of Israelis, seeks to enter the German Bundestag in the September 24...