Sigmar Gabriel

January 4, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany’s Dangerous Foreign Minister

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel is the newly- crowned poster boy of Hamas. A picture of Gabriel was featured on Hamas’s Twitter page on December 31, accompanied by the following twee...

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 20, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran accused of trying to develop nuclear-tipped missiles

German security officials accused Tehran of trying to develop nuclear-tipped missiles on the same day President Trump decertified the Iran nuclear deal. After FoxNews.com exclusively rep...

October 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran Tried 30+ Times to Buy Illegal Nuclear Technology in 2016

Iran tried to secure illegal technology that can be used for its nuclear and missile weapons programs, intelligence reports from German states covering 2016 reviewed by The Jerusalem Post reveal....

October 9, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran attempted to buy nuclear technology illegally 32 times, German agency says

Iran tried to obtain illicit technology that could be used for military nuclear and ballistic missile programs, raising questions about a possible violation of the 2015 agreement intended to stop...

September 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

What Does Today’s German Election Mean For Israel?

The German federal election on Sunday has tremendous significance for Israel, largely because the Federal Republic is one of Israel’s most important allies within the European Union....

July 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran Still on the Hunt for Nuclear Weapons Technology Across Germany

Startling new evidence from German intelligence reports shows the Tehran regime is working to illegally obtain technology and know-how to advance its nuclear weapons and missile programs, despite...

June 28, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German-Turkish Relations Continue to Deteriorate

The fractured Berlin-Ankara relationship has been hit by perhaps its biggest diplomatic crisis, resulting in Berlin’s...

June 26, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Mayor Allows Hezbollah to March in ‘Zionists out of Israel’ Rally

Posters with anti-Israel slogans and Israeli flags with crossed out Stars of David blanketed the streets of Berlin on Friday. Mayor Michael Müller permitted nearly 600 Hezbollah sup...

June 22, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Activists Launch Tirade Against MK and Holocaust Survivor in Berlin

Anti-Israel activists disrupted on Tuesday a talk by MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) at Humboldt University in Berlin, in what appears to be a second antisemitic attack at one of Germany’s most...

May 31, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German FM Hosts Iranian Official Calling for Israel’s Destruction

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel welcomed Monday an Iranian religious leader who called for the elimination of Israel at last year’s al-Quds rally in Berlin. The appearance o...

May 30, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Trump, Germany’s Merkel clash over trade, NATO and ‘Western values’

Germany and the U.S. emerged from Memorial Day weekend in a war of words, as Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners attacked America’s reliability as a world power and Presiden...

May 22, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Berlin Social Democratic Party Declares BDS Antisemitic

Members of Berlin's Social Democratic Party (SPD) passed a resolution on Saturday in support of Israel, condemning the boycott,divestment,sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state....

May 3, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: German FM Fishes for Antisemitic Vote in Row with Israel

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s ongoing assaults on the legitimacy of the Israeli government may actually be about winning the federal election in September. In the latest...

May 2, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s roguish stand against US, Israel must be stopped

Co-written by Anne Bayefsky Israel and the Trump administration have a German problem, ironically manifesting itself on Israel’s 69th birthday.  Just as President Trump’...

April 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Germany’s Social Democrats Pivot Toward PLO and Iran

German Foreign and Vice Chancellor Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s move to pick a fight with Benjamin Netanyahu come as no surprise to longterm observers of Gabriel and his Social Democratic Part...

February 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Anti-Israel German Politician Compares Jewish Facebook Head with Nazi

The deputy head of Germany’s Social Democratic Party equated the Jewish Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg with a neo-Nazi terrorist on Sunday for her attendance at a Trump administration hi-tech...

August 31, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German gov’t: No normalized relations with Iran regime until it recognizes Israel

Germany's normalization of relations with Iran are tied to Tehran’s recognition of Israel, according to a letter released on Tuesday. The letter, written in the name of German...

July 14, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German government agency involved in violation of Iran sanctions

Co-written by Bjorn Stritzel A German government quality control agency and a private certification agency that works with it both violated EU sanctions and the federal agency&r...

December 14, 2015 |

A Backlash Builds Against Saudi Salafism

The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have once again put Saudi Arabia's brand of Salafi Islam, known as Wahhabism, under the microscope. In both Europe and the United Sta...