Olaf Scholz

Controversial Ukrainian diplomat appointed UN envoy, prompting international criticism

Melnyk’s past defense of WWII-era nationalist leader Stepan Bandera and blunt diplomatic style continue to draw backlash from Israel, Poland, and beyond.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk attends the opening for the annual press association ball (Bundespresseball), in Berlin, Germany, April 29, 2022.
Co-leader of The Left (Die Linke) party Heidi Reichinnek speaks to the media, next to the Leader of The Left Group in the Bundestag Soeren Pellmann, on the day of their parliamentary fraction meeting following the German general elections in Berlin, Germany, February 25, 2025.

Germany’s political shift: Why the real threat isn’t the far Right – opinion

Voters in Germany are rejecting a left-wing movement that has lost its moral compass.

|ByGREGORY LYAKHOV
German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.

German conservatives come first in election, trailed by far right, exit polls show

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Merz and the CDU/CSU bloc on their projected election victory on his personal X/Twitter on Sunday evening.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speak to the media after their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

Accusing Israel of genocide is 'absurd', Olaf Scholz says in podcast

Scholz reaffirmed his support for Israel amid ongoing ICJ investigations into claims of genocide during a podcast interview with podcaster Tilo Jung.

|ByJAMES GENN

Scholz: Goals of Gaza war do not seem to justify the means

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urges Israel to refrain from military operation in Rafah amid increasing aid shipments and what he called Palestinian "suffering."

MARCH 17, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

Europe must strengthen its ability to defend itself, Scholz says

Former US President Donald Trump has said he would not defend allies within the NATO western defense alliance who fail to spend enough on defense if re-elected later this year.

FEBRUARY 17, 2024ByREUTERS
German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, Wolfgang Schmidt, head of the Chancellery Minister for Special Affairs, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Government Spokesman Steffen Hebestreit attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany November 8, 2023.

Scholz evokes Nazi era as he urges Germans to reject far right

Hundreds of thousands of people protested across Germany against the AfD after a report that two senior party members had discussed plans for mass deportation of citizens with foreign backgrounds.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByREUTERS
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talks with citizens during an event in Magdeburg, Germany, August 25, 2022.

German MP: Six million reasons for our unprecedented wartime support

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: “To be honest, Germany has six million reasons why we have to support a Jewish state. Full stop.”

JANUARY 26, 2024ByHERB KEINON
GERMAN CHANCELLOR Olaf Scholz cleans the 'stumbling blocks' for the couple Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Goslar (née Klee) in Berlin in November.

Berlin drops Mahmoud Abbas’s Holocaust hate speech case due to diplomatic immunity

At issue was Abbas’ comments made during a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in which he accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” since its war for independence in 1948.

DECEMBER 12, 2023ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a news conference, in Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2022.

World leaders, celebrities wish Holocaust survivors ‘Happy Hanukkah’

The live broadcast will feature the candle lighting at the Western Wall where around 100 Holocaust survivors will participate.

DECEMBER 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz lights a candle in memory of the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

Turkey's Erdogan links German support of Israel in Gaza to Holocaust guilt

NOVEMBER 17, 2023ByREUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey October 28, 2023.