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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...

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...

October 11, 2017 | Tony Badran |

Hezbollah Calls the Shots in Iran’s Syria Policy

President Donald Trump is reportedly about to extend a terrorism designation to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in its entirety. The IRGC is both the dominant force inside I...

June 25, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israeli Envoy to Germany Asks if Breaking the Silence Spreads Anti-Semitism

After the Cologne Municipality reversed its cancellation of an exhibit from the Breaking the Silence NGO, Israel’s ambassador asked whether the anti-IDF exhibit will encourage hatred of Jew...

May 26, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

US Hostage on Trial in Tehran

To its credit, the Washington Post continues to denounce the Iranian regime’s detention of its Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, and we ...

May 1, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Controversial ‘Tin Drum’ Author Grass Dies at 87

German novelist Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Tin Drum, an epic treatment of the Nazi era, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishers said. A broad-should...

February 11, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Green Party Head High-Fives Iran’s Envoy

BERLIN – Claudia Roth, chairwoman of the large Green Party in Germany, is facing a storm of criticism from media outlets, Iranian dissidents and pro-Israel advocates because she greeted Ira...

August 14, 2012 | James Kirchick Tablet

Free-Speech Hypocrisy in Europe

A Danish art exhibit attacks public figures who ‘insult’ but not those who issue death threats in response

April 23, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Banging the Tin Drum for Iran and Against Israel

Germany’s most famous living writer has unleashed an international debate by branding Israel the greatest threat to world peace.  Günter Grass, author of the 1959 novel "...

June 14, 2011 | Faster, Please! |

My (PR) Agents in Tehran

I am once again grateful to the leaders of the Iranian regime for their continuing efforts to portray me as a powerful man at the very center of American foreign policy.  Their latest effort...

June 13, 2011 |

Surprise! The Times Attacks the Messenger

Linda Greenhouse is conflicted, so obviously the problem is Ed Whelan.

May 10, 2010 | National Review Online |

The Washington Post Talks Sense on Detention and Interrogation

Will the Obama administration listen?

August 9, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Fighting escalates in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal agency

The Pakistani military claimed 70 Taliban fighters were killed and 60 were wounded during the lat...

May 31, 2006 | MERIA Journal |

Putin and Russia’s Middle Eastern Policy

Auhtored by Ilya Bourtman Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently pursuing a two track policy towards the Middle East, allowing Russia to develop friendly ties with Israel...