Sigmar Gabriel

September 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Making sense of German electorate’s shift to the Left

Israel should not be under any delusion that the Social Democratic Party has its back. If anything, the slide to the Left, as it is being called in Germany, has serious implications for the Jewish state.

August 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Federal Criminal Police Investigate Hamas Twitter Due To Propaganda

“The accounts of Hamas must disappear from Twitter! Twitter supports a terrorist organization by providing infrastructure," said Volker Beck.

August 25, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Jews slam Merkel’s FM for belittling Palestinian terrorist attack

Daniel Botmann, the executive director of the nearly 100,000 Central Council of Jews in Germany, wrote on Twitter: “Dear Foreign Ministry, the Tweet has a mistake."

August 15, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘German foreign minister ignoring lessons of Auschwitz,’ supports Iran

“With all due respect, it is time for the German foreign minister to drop his assertion that it was the lessons of Auschwitz that propelled him into public life."

April 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany to end Funding of Extreme Pro-Iran-Regime Group After Media Exposés

Merkel refuses to shut down Hezbollah centers

February 13, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foreign Ministry celebrates Iran’s Islamic revolution

German Jews accuse Maas of failing to internalize the lesson of the Holocaust with his robust support of Iran’s regime.

November 1, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Merkel Pivots Further toward Iran at the Expense of Saudi Arabia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel froze military sales to Saudi Arabia last week in response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “As long as it’s [the circumstances of Khashoggi’s death]...

September 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime

Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction.

June 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: How Gulf States can get Europe to Abandon Iran

The protests sweeping across Iran are a clear sign the country’s economy and its Islamic revolutionary system are ready to buckle. The Gulf states can play a critical role in stymi...

June 19, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Heavy Turnout at Al-Quds Rally in Berlin calls for Israel’s Destruction

Anti-Israel protesters hit the streets on Saturday in stronger numbers than previous years to demonstrate against the existence of the Jewish state at the annual al-Quds Day rally in the heart of...

May 31, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Eric S. Edelman

Erdogan’s Hostage Diplomacy

Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons

May 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Saudi Arabia stops new business with Germany over its pro-Iran policy

Riyadh pulled the plug on awarding government contracts to German companies, in a possible response to Berlin’s pro-Iranian regime polices and its accusation that the kingdom’s foreig...

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...

March 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German FM Rejects Predecessor’s Characterization of ‘Apartheid’ Israel

Germany’s new Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Wednesday again parted ways with his predecessor’s anti-Israel rhetoric, saying he rejects labeling the Jewish state an “apartheid r...

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 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Sold Technology to Iran for Use in Syrian Chemical Attacks

Germany’s Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control approved a license for a company to sell military applicable technology to Iranian companies that subsequently was used in S...

January 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Permits Iranian Regime Mass Murderer to Flee the Country

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi – considered a successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – fled Germany on Thursday for Iran amid criminal complaints filed against him for ...

January 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany urged to abandon its support of Iran’s mullah regime

While tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in protest, the German government is taking heat for what some are calling its pro-regime policy in Iran, and its decision to allow s...

January 4, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel Slams German Foreign Minister for Comparing Jewish State to Apartheid

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan blasted German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday for comparing the Jewish State's policies in the disputed West Bank territory to the former rac...

January 4, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foreign Minister Under Fire After Comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa

Israel has slammed German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, for comparing the Jewish State’s policies in the disputed West Bank territory to the former apartheid regime in South Afr...