Philipp Mißfelder

April 15, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

No Charity

On April 8, German police officers raided the offices of the innocuously named Lebanon Orphan Children Project (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon e.V.) across six states in the Federal Republic. They&n...

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...

June 27, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Permits Hezbollah ‘Suicide Bomber’ Charity to Operate

German authorities remained largely mum on Tuesday about the continued operation of a reportedly Hezbollah-controlled NGO in the state of Lower Saxony. According to reports, the organiza...

April 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Tower |

Europe Has a Serious Hezbollah Problem

After decades of denial, Europe’s leaders may have to face the grim truth about the world’s most sophisticated terror group.

April 17, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Atlantic |

In Europe, a Growing Case for Banning Hezbollah

There's new evidence that the group's jihadist and political branches are intertwined.

February 7, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe’s Hezbollah Problem

In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?

February 4, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Hezbollah’s War on Israel and the U.S.

London – Threatened by a Syrian-regime weapons convoy destined for the terrorist organization Hezbollah,...

December 27, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Obama Needs to Push EU to Ban Hezbollah

Senator Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.) sponsored a resolution earlier this month urging “the President to make available to European allies and the Europe...

December 17, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Will EU Heed Washington’s Calls to Ban Hezbollah?

Hezbollah "not just Israeli issue" but also affects Americans, Syrians, Europeans, says US expert.

September 27, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Long War Journal

Will Europe Outlaw Hezbollah?

BERLIN -- The July suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists at the seaside Bulgarian resort of Bur...

September 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US Senators Urge the EU to Outlaw Hezbollah

A bipartisan group of 76 US senators sent a mid-September letter urging the EU to include Hezbollah on its terror list. The Republican and Democratic senators wrote to Catherine As...

April 5, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Beating the Tin Drum Against Israel

Germany’s Nobel Prize winner defends Iran.

April 3, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Young Germans for Military Strikes Against Iran’s Nukes

While Germany’s social democratic leader and chancellor hopeful Sigmar Gabriel recently termed Israel an ‘Apa...

March 16, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Weekly Standard |

German Chancellor Candidate Calls Israel an ‘Apartheid Regime’

While Iran’s terrorist proxies in the Gaza Strip fired rockets on Israeli cities, the head of Germany’s Social Democratic Party called Israel an “Apartheid regime.”...

February 12, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Retain Military Options Against Iran’

“After the West has for years allowed the wool to be pulled over its eyes, Iran cannot take us seriously,” Bundestag deputy says

February 9, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Can Iran Be Contained?

The Munich Security Conference, a who’s who of global security officials and diplomats, has long been a platform to promote bizarre dialogues with the Iranian regime—and this year was...

September 15, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Will Bundestag Now Retract Flotilla Decree?

Last year the German Bundestag and Vienna city council both voted unanimously to condemn Israel after it intercepted a flotilla that was in open violation of its naval blockade. Now that...