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German bank's 'antisemitism' leads United Israel Appeal to shut account

“There must be no free pass for antisemitism and hatred of Israel in Germany. We cannot and will not silently watch.”

Berlin-financed NGO cancels talk with ‘antisemitic’ activist Manal Tamimi

Tamimi, who has been accused of hardcore antisemitism by European Jews and others, is the aunt of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, who completed a prison term for assaulting Israeli soldiers.

German festival kicks out pro-BDS musician Brian Eno

Eno is a fierce opponent of Israel and exerted enormous pressure on the Australian singer Nick Cave to not perform in Israel in 2017.

Top German social democrat urges bank to end Israel boycott support

Engelmeier’s call for the bank to stop its BDS business is the first instance of a federal-level politician in Germany weighing in on the bank.

German intelligence agency deems BDS antisemitic

This is believed to be the first instance of a German domestic intelligence agency labeling BDS as antisemitic and a security threat.

German state parliament bans BDS while anti-Israel bank defies resolution

“We condemn the antisemitic and anti-Israel BDS campaign and the call to boycott Israeli products and companies as well as Israeli academics and artists.”

'Arab-looking' men attack Jewish Israeli in night club in Germany

The two suspects asked the 20-year-old Israeli about his nationality. He responded that he is “half-Israeli” and affirmed that he is Jewish.

Neo-nazis attacked Jewish restaurant in Chemnitz amid right-wing protests

German authorities are investigating the incident.

Jewish activists call anti-foreigner riots a threat to German democracy

Josef Schuster said it was alarming that so many people had no hesitation “to hunt down certain groups of people based on rumors and call for vigilante justice.”

German bank shuts account of group sympathetic to Palestinian terrorists

The International Alliance used its Sparkasse account in the university city of Witten to secure donations.

“Boycott the boycotts,” of BDS, says German youth labor union federation

“Boycott the boycotts,” wrote the DGB youth organization in its 2017 pro-Israel resolution.

White powder sent in letters to Israel Embassy in Berlin and others

The police spokeswoman could not say if the man, whom she termed mentally unstable, wrote the same letter to all the embassies.

Merkel party’s think tank compares Israel’s security wall to Berlin Wall

The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation “fails to distinguish between justified and non-justified walls,” Dr. Efraim Zuroff told The Jerusalem Post.

Antisemitic crimes increase dramatically in Germany

There were 401 antisemitic crimes in Germany from January through June.

German AfD party condemns member for calling Hitler attacker a traitor

Leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) condemned a party member on Thursday for branding a German officer who tried to kill Adolf Hitler a traitor.

German police who attacked Israeli professor used Nazi slogan

Prof. Yitzhak Melamedsaid said on his Facebook page that a man stalked him and asked him if he was Jewish and yelled, "F*** Jews. I f*** Jews” and “No Jews in Germany.”

Envoy gets anti-Israel talk at Berlin Jewish museum canceled

The slated talk was to be delivered by the US-based academic Sa’ed Atshan who said in 2014: “We all know Israel is an apartheid state and should be boycotted.”

Facebook must adhere to German Holocaust denial laws, says Berlin

"There must be no place for antisemitism. This includes verbal and physical attacks on Jews as well as the denial of Holocaust," Justice Minister Katarina Barley said on Thursday.

American Jews lead kippah solidarity walk in heart of Berlin

The walk was held during a five-day mission of JFNA, which brought some 150 participants from 34 Jewish federations in the United States to Berlin and Budapest.

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

Iran and North Korea aim to circumvent embargoes

Neo-Nazi murder gang member jailed for life in Germany

The Gang killed eight Turks, a Greek man and a German policewoman.

Letter by Martin Luther calling Jews 'devils incarnate' up for auction

1543 note expected to be sold for more than $300,000

Jewish man assaulted in Berlin for wearing a Star of David

The victim told Deutsche Welle that when a member of the group saw his Star of David he shouted “anti-Semitic insults,” grabbed the cigarette from his mouth and punched him.

Berlin museum returns Nazi-looted sculpture to heirs of Jewish owners

The Saulmanns’ descendants hired researchers who managed to locate 11 artworks from their collection, which landed in five German museums and three private collections.

German spy agency acknowledges employing Himmler's daughter

Gudrun Burwitz worked for the BND spy agency, this was confirmed by the BND after it was reported by Bild newspaper.

Frankfurt deputy mayor declares bands that support BDS are not welcome

City will not provide finances for events for BDS musicians.

German court sentences Syrian to 4 weeks detention for antisemitic attack

Video of the attack caused a public outcry in April when it was posted on the internet.

Exclusive: German Islamic center raises money for Hezbollah

Roughly 950 Hezbollah operatives raise funds in Germany for Hezbollah and recruit new members, according to German intelligence reports from 2017.

German Jews urge firing of ‘antisemitic’ Green Party Ramallah office head

In May, the head of the Green Party in the Bundestag, Kathrin Göring-Eckardt, called for more decisive action against antisemitism.

Defiant Merkel backs Europe migrant policy as Bavaria row simmers

The row is over Merkel's rejection of plans by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, from Bavaria, for Germany unilaterally to send back migrants who have registered in other European Union countries.

German bank enabling BDS may violate its ethical code of conduct

The US-based Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which Israel banned in January from entering its territory, hosted the convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh at its spring 2017 conference in Chicago.

German politicians want Iran-regime center ousted over antisemitism

Hamburg’s social democratic government negotiated a 2012 agreement with Muslim organizations that pledged common values and peaceful activities and tolerance.

German music festival demands band Young Fathers reject BDS

"We approached the Young Fathers, in order to also receive an unambiguous disassociation from every form of antisemitism and racism,” event organizers stated.

Iraqi police say man admits to murder of 14-year-old German-Jewish girl

An autopsy showed she had been the victim of a sexual and violent attack.

German rappers criticized for antisemitic lyrics visit Auschwitz

Kollegah and Farid Bang were the focus of a media firestorm in April.

Iraqi migrant suspected in rape and murder of German-Jewish girl

The girl from Mainz was reported missing on May 22 and was found dead on Wednesday in a wooded area.

German rightist leader walks to police station after clothes stolen

"Other swimmers told me that the robbers shouted, 'This is no swimming place for Nazis'," Gauland, a lawmaker in the Bundestag lower house, said.

PM meets pro-Israel U.S. ambassador at Berlin airport

Netanyahu – without being asked – said the US ambassador requested a meeting with him, and that he was going to meet him briefly at the airport.

German government accuses far-right AfD of playing down Nazi era

"Hitler and the National Socialists are just bird shit in 1,000 years of successful German history", said Alexander Gauland of Alternative for Germany (AfD).

AFD chief rebuked for playing down Nazis in German history

Alexander Gauland compared Hitler and the Nazis to no more than "bird shit" in Germany's history.

German Jewish shareholders call for probe into bank's BDS-linked accounts

Legal expert tells bank it is "making common cause with Jew-hatred."

German students ban BDS on campus at Gutenberg University

Gutenberg University's student council voted to classify the boycott, divestment, sanctions campaign targeting Israel as antisemitic.

German bank enables group to boycott Israel Embassy sponsorship of event

After BDS groups mounted a campaign against Israel’s sponsorship of the Pop Cultural festival in August 2017, musicians from Egypt, Syria and Tunisia withdrew from the event.

German daily drops cartoonist after 'antisemitic' Netanyahu drawing

Holding a rocket with the Star of David on it in one hand and a microphone in the other, Netanyahu is shown in the cartoon saying: "Next year in Jerusalem."

Antisemitism czar slams German cartoon as 'Nazi propaganda'

The cartoon shows Netanyahu celebrating on the Eurovision song stage in Netta's attire while holding a missile which has a Star of David on it.

Turkish-German teen who plotted to blow up gay club in Frankfurt arrested

The intelligence source confirmed that Erkocoglu also targeted a Catholic church in Frankfurt -- the financial center of Germany.

German Catholic Church admits "shameful" abuse legacy after stats leaked

The document revealed that 1,670 clerics and priests had sexually abused 3,677 minors, mostly males, in the country between 1946 and 2014.

Merkel condemns far-right xenophobia, Nazi slogans

In a speech to parliament the chancellor responded to remarks by far-right leader who accused her of spreading fake news.

Germany says in talks about possible military role in Syria

Overseas military action remains a sensitive and deeply unpopular topic in Germany, given its Nazi past.

Pressure grows on German spy chief over Chemnitz protests

Merkel on Thursday accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of using violent protests over the Chemnitz stabbing to stir up ethnic tension.

German state to investigate far-right AfD for 'unconstitutional goals'

Sixty-five percent of Germans considered it appropriate to put the entire anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance, a poll conducted for broadcaster ARD showed on Thursday.

Pressure rises for surveillance of Germany's far-right AfD party

About 6,000 supporters of the two groups demonstrated in the eastern city of Chemnitz on Saturday against the fatal stabbing of a man, allegedly by two migrants.

German city hit by far-right violence braces for rival protests

After the fatal stabbing in Chemnitz, its leaders said the violent riots that followed were understandable.

Three sought for 'xenophobic' attack on migrant in eastern German town

The migrant, who police did not name, was walking home in Wismar, a town on the Baltic coast.

Statue of Erdogan removed from German city due to incitement of violence

The statue was put in the town square on Monday by artists for Wiesbaden’s Bienalle art festival.

German foreign minister in hot water over effort to bypass Iran sanctions

“Circumventing sanctions on an Iranian regime that is committed in word and deed to destroy Israel for financial gain for German companies makes a mockery of that [Berlin’s] commitment."

More refugees find jobs in Germany, integration going 'pretty well'

The number of employed migrants surged by more than 100,000 to 306,574 in May, data from the Labour Office showed.

German Left party MPs fulfill ‘long tradition of hatred of Jews’

The anti-Israel resolution is part of the “antisemitic, anti-Zionist elements” of the German Left and is “fulfilling a long tradition of hatred of Jews."

German businesses suffering as U.S. sanctions and tariffs bite

"Of course the US policies are impacting German foreign trade."

German governor boycotts anti-Israel music festival affiliated with BDS

He will not attend the Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival.

German ministry: No decision yet on Iran bid to withdraw cash

The US embassy in Berlin this week said it expected Germany to block the cash withdrawal under new central bank rules on money laundering that take effect on August 25.

Report: Iran using German companies to finance war in Yemen

Germany is widely considered the least cooperative of European allies in confronting Iran's bellicose activities, according to two sources familiar with US-German talks on the Iran nuclear deal.

Jewish National Fund slated to end business with German bank enabling BDS

The JNF was re-established in Germany in 1953, and has its headquarters in Düsseldorf, with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich.

Exclusive: German intelligence contradicts Merkel on Iran's nuclear drive

The domestic intelligence agencies in Germany are the functional equivalent of Israel’s Shin Bet.

Violent attacks committed against Jews in Berlin and Zurich

Germany has experienced a wave of violent antisemitic attacks, largely committed by German Muslims.

Middle Israel: Germany's tragic heroine

Once hailed as a United Europe’s George Washington, Angela Merkel now emerges as the admiral atop its sinking Titanic.

Munich mayor accuses Roger Waters of antisemitism, sparking legal action

Waters's attorney demanded that social democratic mayor Dieter Reiter delete his press statement accusing Waters of antisemitism.

Young Germans protest BDS conference

The title of the conference is “Future for Palestine and Israel – Does Germany prolong the occupation?”

The Einstein of Sex turns 150

Germans honor gay Jewish pioneer of LGBT rights.

Neo-Nazis wave Palestinian flags in protest against Israel

Nearly 30 neo-Nazis can be seen in a photo tweeted by Bild journalist Claas Weinmann.

German governor opens Israel office, refuses to ban Hezbollah, Iran trade

“Israel is the enemy – we carry out resistance,” said in 2017 Hassan Jawad, chairman of the Hezbollah-affiliated imam Mahdi center in the city of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Leading scientist: Science Minister Akunis is damaging Israeli-German ties

Professor Yael Amitai slammed Science Minister Ofir Akunis for " a corrupt political spin meant at self-promotion."

Germany lifts ban on Nazi imagery for gaming

Programs that prove ‘socially adequate’ relevance can include swastikas

Germany largest foreign donor to Israeli human rights NGOs

Over NIS 500 million was donated to groups involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict from 2012-2016

Narrating German history

Konrad Jarausch draws on six dozen memoirs of Germans born in the 1920s to illuminate life in the 20th century

Yazidi victims of ISIS fear for lives in Germany due to ISIS presence

The harrowing story is the most shocking case of a former survivor of the ISIS genocide in Iraq, that led to the ethnic cleansing of more than 400,000 Yazidis.

German firms in line with U.S. Iran sanctions

Several European companies have suspended plans to invest in Iran in light of the US sanctions.

German Jewish council urges end of Iran-Germany trade

In a statement to 'The Jerusalem Post', Dr. Josef Schuster, the head of the Central Council, did not mince words: “I endorse an immediate stop of any economic relation with Iran."

Report: Germany considers Iranian bid to withdraw 300 million euros cash

Washington has announced new sanctions on Iran and ordered all countries to stop buying Iranian oil by November and foreign firms to stop doing business there or face US blacklists.

German intel: Iran wants to expand weapons into nuclear arsenal

“Iran, North Korea, Syria and Pakistan are making efforts to expand their conventional weapons arsenal through the production of weapons of mass destruction,” the Bavarian intelligence agency said.

Germany's Merkel calls for solutions to Iran's 'aggressive tendencies'

She also voiced support for Jordanian concern about Iranian activity in southwestern Syria.

U.S. ambassador asks Germany: Stop Iranian airline from use of airspace

The envoy is working to stop EU bias against Israel and combat antisemitism.

Netanyahu: Europeans support Israel’s demand for Iran to leave Syria

"Iran needs to leave Syria, from all of Syria."

NATO chief: Alliance won't defend Israel in war with Iran

A German Green Party politician questioned the statement on Twitter.

Netanyahu to discuss Iran with French, German leaders next week

His European tour follows the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal which the European signatories, France, Germany and Britain, have said they will stick to.

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

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is “deeply offended” by the German government and froze new business with the Federal Republic, wrote Der Spiegel.

German firms can't be fully shielded from U.S. Iran moves, says minister

German companies doing business with Iranian firms will find themselves affected by the re-imposition of sanctions by the US.

Angela Merkel: Iran nuclear accord not ideal, but best to stick with it

"The question is whether you can talk better if you terminate an agreement or if you stay in it ... we say you can talk better if you remain in it."

‘Cakemaker’ takes top prize at Jewish film festival in Germany

Israel was a key component of the festival.

Someone should ask for forgiveness

Israel and Germany: a complicated historic bond

Just as we look back at our history with despair and sorrow, we should look to our present and future relations with inspiration, imagination and innovation.

Lüneburg, Germany: A medieval town remembers the Holocaust

A concerted effort by the town fathers to preserve the past has resulted in making Lüneburg an architectural medieval masterpiece.

From the Kaiser to Khamenei: The underreported Berlin-Tehran axis

Just as the rise of Nazi Germany didn’t impede relations with Iran, neither did the rise of another antisemitic authoritarian regime.

The conference that paved the way to the murder of millions

In one fateful day, 200,000 Austrian Jews were caught in the jaws of the power-hungry, Jew-hating monsters to whom nothing was sweeter than Jewish blood.

How Germany became America's conscience, and why we should listen

Chancellor Angela Merkel declared last year and again after the recent July NATO summit that Europe can no longer rely on the United States conducting itself in the future as a force for order.

Hungary's Orbán and the Jewish nation-state law

Which team do you support – Team Merkon or Team Orbvini?

A Jew saved J.S. Bach’s church masterwork

Felix Mendelssohn’s great-aunt Sara Levy alerted the baptized grandson of Moses Mendelssohn to the beauty and majesty of Bach’s forgotten masterwork.

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