Michaela Engelmeier

August 25, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s ‘anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools’ enters a third century

The Social Democrats need to reverse their pro-Iranian regime and pro-Palestinian terrorism policies, or it will be business as usual.

August 11, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Ellie Cohanim

German Appeasement Of Khamenei Endangers Iranians And The World

Back in 2008, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial titled “Germany Loves Iran” and a piece headlined “Berlin ♥ Iran III” that covered workshops designed to help companies boost trade with...

April 2, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Journalist says Israelis can get used to Hamas rocket fire

Israel’s embassy slams left-wing journalist Susanne Knaul.

October 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Head of German Jewish community revealed to be non-Jewish

The case of Wolfgang Seibert’s alleged fake Jewish identity is not the first instance of non-Jewish Germans falsely depicting their religious background.

August 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank Accused of Opposing Israel’s Existence

A German Green Party politician and religious studies academic slammed the Bank for Social Economy on Monday for failing to match its rhetoric with action regarding Israel’s right to exist....

August 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

“Boycott the Boycotts,” of BDS, Says German Youth Labor Union Federation

The spread of boycott initiatives against the Jewish state by international labor unions prompted the youth organization of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) to reinforce its opposition...

August 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Activists Shut Down Berlin Festival Event Due to Israeli Sponsorship

Anti-Israel activists in Berlin lashed out at a podium discussion at the Pop Cultural festival opening on Thursday, disrupting the panel conversation because the Jewish state provided a small don...

August 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Top German Social Democrat Urges Bank to End Israel Boycott Support

Michaela Engelmeier, a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, demanded that the Bank for Social Economy stop providing accounts to groups that support the Boycot...

December 8, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Bill Against Israel – Boycott Advances in Munich

Legislators from the two main parties in the Munich City Council voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in a committee meeting to approve a bill that would outlaw municipal funding and public space fo...

June 8, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Mayor Cancels BDS Events Due to Antisemitism

Mayor Jürgen Krogmann of the northern German city of Oldenburg pulled the plug Wednesday on two events slated to call for boycott of the Jewish state. The events were canceled becau...

March 21, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German BDS Events Canceled in Frankfurt and Bonn

After a wave of objections to a boycott-Israel event scheduled for next week in Bonn, Germany, the Jewish community there on Monday announced its delight with cancellation of the gathering and a...

March 14, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Event Triggers Outrage in German City

The German Jewish community in the city of Bonn and a leading social democratic MP on Friday called on a foundation to pull the plug on an event propagating a boycott against the Jewish state....

January 23, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s Split Personality: Courts Favor Antisemites, BDS Takes Hits

A regional court’s affirmation this month of a decision asserting that the arson at a synagogue in the city of Wuppertal in July 2014 was not motivated by antisemitism but was merely a plea...

January 19, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘German Research Institute Trivializes Holocaust to Attack Israel’

Israel's embassy and leading deputies in the German parliament slammed a Max Planck Institute branch for stoking hatred of Israel and Jews with a series of lectures from a pro-Hezbollah US a...

October 20, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Antisemitic’ German teacher posed as a Jew to push anti-Israel agenda

e of Lower Saxony who advocates a complete boycott of Israel posed as a Jew in order to sign a petition calling for all Palestinian refugees to be returned to the Jewish state. The...

October 19, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

Europeans ignoring antisemitism at their peril, says EU human rights commissioner

The Council of Europe's commisioner for human rights Nils Muižnieks delivered an urgent call on Tuesday for the EU to fight antisemitism seriously and remember the Holocaust with a view...

October 18, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Antisemitic’ German teacher posed as a Jew to push anti-Israel agenda

A teacher in the German state of Lower Saxony who advocates a complete boycott of Israel posed as a Jew in order to sign a petition calling for all Palestinian refugees to be returned to the Jewi...

October 17, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

Fire German teacher who glorifies Palestinian violence, say critics

A German public school teacher and leading BDS activist praised a Facebook photo of a Palestinian using a slingshot to apparently hurl stones at Israelis, prompting calls on Friday and Saturday f...

October 3, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German pro-BDS antisemitic teacher investigated by politician

A German lawmaker launched an investigation involving a German school teacher and his alleged antisemitic statements and conduct at a public school in the city of Oldenburg in the state of Lower...

September 14, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German teachers’ union shreds pro-BDS article

A branch of the German teachers’ union has pulped copies of its September magazine because it included an article advocating a boycott of Israel. The Education and Science Workers&...