North Rhine-Westphalia

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Foreign Minister in Hot Water Over Effort to Bypass Iran Sanctions

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is under fire for seeking to circumvent powerful pending US financial sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, betraying his country’s pledge to combat...

August 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany accused of betraying pledge to combat anti-Semitism by ignoring Iran sanctions

The German government is under fire for betraying its pledge to combat anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, in light of Berlin’s efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran. The cr...

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 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Jewish Council Urges End of Iran- Germany Trade

The president of Germany's roughly 100,000 member Central Council of Jews called on Thursday for an immediate end to Iranian-German business relations, alleging that the trade benefits the I...

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...

August 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German governor boycotts anti-Israel music festival affiliated with BDS

Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announced on Tuesday that he will not attend the Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival because it has n...

August 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel blasts German festival for mainstreaming anti-Israel BDS

The Israeli Embassy in Berlin on Thursday slammed the German music and cultural Ruhrtriennale festival for providing a platform to negate the existence of the Jewish state. “We wil...

July 30, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German police who attacked Israeli professor used Nazi slogan

A German police officer who assaulted US-based Israeli professor&nbs...

July 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intelligence contradicts Merkel on Iran’s nuclear drive

A German intelligence report from the city-state of Hamburg said Iran’s regime is continuing to seek weapons of mass destruction, delivering another intelligence agency blow to Chancel...

July 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel report: Iran seeks to shatter states’ stability with WMD

The German intelligence agency of the state of Hesse published a new document on countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, singling out the Islamic Republic of Iran as one of two stat...

July 11, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Calls for German Festival director to resign over BDS support

The artistic director of a music festival in the west German city of Bochum is facing growing pressure to resign because of her intense defense of a boycott campaign targeting the Jewish state....

July 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran seeking illegal missile technology in Germany

The Islamic Republic of Iran sought to obtain illicit goods for its missile program from Germany, the intelligence agency for Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announce...

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....

May 15, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Neo-Nazis wave Palestinian flags in protest against Israel

German neo-Nazis expressed their solidarity with Palestinians on Monday by showing an antisemitic banner and waving PLO flags. A banner with the colors of the Israeli flag that sai...

March 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran’s Role in the Boycott Israel Campaign

The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, better known by the acronym BDS, targeting Israel has largely been viewed as a Palestinian- and Western European-driven campaign with the alleged g...

January 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

AJC Calls for Berlin to Expel Iranian Ambassador for Spying on Israel

The Berlin office of the American Jewish Committee urged Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to expel Iran’s ambassador because of his country’s alleged spying on Israel&rsq...

January 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Raids Iranian Regime Sites for Spying on Israel

German police raided targets across the country that were allegedly, on behalf of Iran’s secret service, conducting surveillance on Israeli and Jewish targets. Ten people are consi...

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 6, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Dutch Technology May Have Helped Advance Iran’s Weapons Program

Iran, along with Syria and Pakistan, may have obtained technology that can be applied to military programs that can cause widespread destruction, intelligence services in the Netherlands said lat...

October 24, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Hezbollah-Aligned German Center Declares ‘Resistance’ Against Israel

The chairman of the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic center Al Mahdi in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) urged his supporters to wage “resistance” against Israel on Saturd...