Nathan Gelbert

February 9, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews urge Green Party MP to resign from ‘antisemitic’ BDS group

Last year, the Bild paper in Germany said Green Party member Claudia Roth made “antisemitism socially respectable” by enthusiastically meeting with the head of Iran’s quasi-Parliament Ali Larijani.

October 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German-Iranian consultant resigns from pro-Iran group

Pro-Israel Iranian exposed alleged IRGC business

September 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank under fire for strengthening antisemitism and hatred of Israel

Whoever actively supports antisemitic organizations such as BDS contributes to the further strengthening of antisemitism.

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 ...

June 3, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intelligence agency deems BDS antisemitic

The intelligence agency for the German state of Baden-Württemberg referred to the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement as a "new variation of antisemitism" in its newly released May...

May 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jewish shareholders call for probe into bank’s BDS-linked accounts

The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany – a part owner of the Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy – wants the bank to open a new investigation into its alleged support of the b...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

June 18, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Children Raised in Nazi Period Carried Forward Anti-Semitism, Study Says

The 12 years of Nazism (1933-1945) inculcated young Germans with anti-Jewish ideas that continued after the defeat of Hitler, according to a new study on anti-Semitism. The study, which...

September 15, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal

Analysis: In Germany a gap between ‘Never Again-Jew-Hatred’ and real action?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a characteristically excellent speech against anti-Semitism on Sunday in the heart of the country’s government district. She lambast...

February 24, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Tough Times Inside the German-Israel Marriage

Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel on Monday with her full cabinet as part of the German-Israel government consultation meetings. Her second term (2009-2013) filled the “special rel...