Posts Tagged: Germany Israel relations
German Coalition Negotiations Spark Concern in Israel
JNS.org - A blueprint for coalition negotiations between Germany’s Christian Democratic Union Party, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the country’s Social Democratic Party, headed by...
German President Vows to ‘Stand Firmly Alongside Israel’ Ahead of Netanyahu Meeting
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a solemn visit to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial on Sunday. "We Germans have burdened ourselves with unfathomable guilt," Steinmeier said on Sunday, adding...
German President Might Meet With Anti-IDF Groups on First Israel Trip
JNS.org - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has indicated he will make “no promises” regarding the possibility of meeting with anti-IDF organizations operating in the Jewish...
German Foreign Minister’s Holocaust Argument Widens Diplomatic Row With Israel
JNS.org - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came under fire on Friday for grouping together Jews and members of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) as victims...
The EU, Terror-Funding and Israel’s Transparency Bill
On 7 December 1970, then-German Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt solemnly before the Warsaw Ghetto in contrition. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Israel faced...
Jewish Filmmaker: German Hotel Removed Israel From Phone List Over Arab-Guest Pressure
JNS.org - French Jewish filmmaker Claude Lanzmann has accused a five-star hotel in Berlin of intentionally removing Israel off a list of international dialing codes in...
Merkel to Netanyahu: Germany’s Israel Policy Won’t Change
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who clarified that a recent report in German newspaper Der...
Germany Denies Reconsidering Unwavering Support for Israel
JNS.org - A German government official is denying a report by the German magazine Der Spiegel claiming that the German government might stop supporting Israel unconditionally...
Germany Supports EU Labeling of Israeli Products Made Beyond ’67 Borders
JNS.org - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will support the European Union’s guidelines to remove “Made in Israel” labels on all Israeli products from Judea and Samaria,...
German President: No One Can Negate Israel’s Right to Defend Itself
JNS.org - Visiting Israel to mark the ongoing 50th anniversary of the establishment of German-Israeli diplomatic relations, German President Joachim Gauck met with Prime Minister Benjamin...
German Bundestag Leader Rejects EU Labelling Law
JNS.org - The president of the German Bundestag Norbert Lammert called the European Union labelling law on products made over the pre-1967 lines “unwise," saying that...
German Reunification: 25 Years Haven’t Cured Antisemitism
JNS.org - The 25th anniversary of German reunification falls on Oct. 3. In thinking about it, I am reminded of how in the summer of 2008, fresh...
Germany to Fund Warships for Israel
JNS.org - Germany's government said Monday that it plans to fund the Israeli navy's purchase of four corvette warships from the German firm Thyssen Krupp. The funding...
Germany Offers to Sell Naval Ships to Israel
JNS.org - The German government has proposed the sale of naval ships to Israel for the protection of the Jewish state's Exclusive Economic Zone...
