Munich

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...

July 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel: Iran wants to expand weapons into nuclear arsenal

A German intelligence report from the state of Bavaria concluded the Islamic Republic of Iran is working to turn its conventional military weapons into a system for weapons of mass destruction....

June 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Exclusive: German Islamic Center Raises Money for Hezbollah

The Al-Mustafa community center in the city-state of Bremen in northern Germany is a major hub for raising funds for the EU and US designated terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, accordin...

June 19, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Munich Mayor Accuses Roger Waters of Antisemitism, Sparking Legal Action

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter slammed Roger Waters, co-founder of the British band Pink Floyd, for his stoking of antisemitism against Israel, triggering an angry reaction from the singer on Friday....

June 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. and U.K. Bands Boycott Berlin Event Due to Israeli Embassy Donation

US singer John Maus announced his withdrawal from the Berlin Pop-Kultur music festival due to pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. He is the fourth musical act t...

May 18, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Antisemitism czar slams German cartoon as ‘Nazi propaganda’

The federal commissioner for combating antisemitism in Germany, Felix Klein, blasted Germany’s largest broadsheet paper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) on Wednesday for publishing an antisemi...

May 7, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s antisemitism Czar wants banks to boot antisemitic BDS groups

The newly appointed federal government  commissioner for combating Antisemitism in Germany, Felix Klein, condemned the Bank for Social Economy on Thursday for ...

April 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank enabling ‘antisemitic BDS’ banned from business with Frankfurt

The Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy will be forbidden to conduct business with the city of Frankfurt – Germany’s financial capital – because of the bank’s accounts f...

March 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany at odds with US on condemning Hezbollah in Iran talks

Germany’s government has refused to agree to a key U.S. demand to designate the entire Lebanese Islamic militia Hezbollah -- and not just a piece of it -- a terrorist organization as part o...

March 13, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Ambassador Praises Iranian Holocaust Denier, Politician

Germany’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Michael Klor-Berchtold praised last week Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s quasi-parliament and a well-known denier of the Holocaus...

February 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Fear of US Sanctions Ends German Companies Fueling Iranian FM’s Plane

Energy and oil companies refused to refuel Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s airplane ahead of his trip to the Munich Security Conference in mid-February to avoid violations of US sanc...

February 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Court Says BDS Activist Antisemite, Called Israeli Ministers Nazis

A leading proponent of the boycott campaign targeting Israel suffered a stinging defeat on Monday after he declined to appeal a January court decision in the German city of Munich that ruled in f...

February 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal Calls for Jewish NGOs to End Business with German Pro-BDS Bank

The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued an urgent appeal last week to Jewish organizations to terminate their business relations with Germany’s top financial enabler of Israeli boycott activitie...

February 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank Enables Pro-BDS NGO that Supports IDF Deserters

A German bank has been catapulted into an anti-Israel scandal because it provides an account to an NGO that supports Israelis who desert from or refuse to serve in the IDF. The Jerusalem...

February 5, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel Urges German Bank to Stop Enabling ‘Antisemitic BDS Movement’

Minister Gilad Erdan demanded that a German bank close an account that enables an anti-Zionist organization to raise funds to boycott the Jewish state and spread antisemitism. “As...

January 30, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German City Cuts Ties to Banks that Enable Israel Boycotts

The deputy mayor of the city of Frankfurt announced on Monday that the municipal government will end all commerce with banks that conduct business with organizations that support a boycott of the...

January 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Court Allows Labeling Jewish Anti-Zionist Activist as Antisemite

A Munich court ruled in favor of the Bavarian capital’s Jewish community president Charlotte Knobloch on Friday, saying she can term an anti-Zionist Jew’s activity as antisemitic beca...

December 14, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Munich First in Germany to Pass Anti-BDS Law

Munich passed a historic bill on Wednesday to ban boycotts of Israel, becoming the first city in Germany to outlaw public funds and space for the BDS campaign. The joint Christian Social...

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...

December 4, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German University Town Under Fire For Boycott Activity Against Israel

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor and pro-Israel advocates in Germany have expressed their disgust and outrage at the southern German city of Heidelberg for its activit...