Posts Tagged: germany
Driver Plows Vehicle Into German Carnival Parade, Around 30 Injured
A driver plowed his car into a carnival parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen on Monday injuring 30 people, including children, some of...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Calls for Snapback Sanctions on Tehran Regime, as Europe Triggers Iran Nuke Deal Dispute Mechanism
Two top Israeli leaders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, called for further sanctions on the Tehran regime on Tuesday,...
German Parliament Passes Motion Urging Total Ban on Hezbollah
The German parliament on Thursday approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to ban all activities by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group on German soil,...
The Failed Halle Synagogue Massacre Reveals the Dysfunction of German Law
Antisemitism in the Western world and in the Muslim world cannot be eliminated. It is far too deeply rooted. But in the West, it can...
Worshipers at German Synagogue Attacked by Antisemitic Gunman: ‘We Were Ready to Fight’
Worshipers at the synagogue in Halle, Germany, that was attacked on Wednesday by an antisemitic gunman recalled the tense moments when the assailant attempted to...
‘Don’t Ignore Antisemitic Hatred of Israel,’ Urges German Jewish Leader, as Survey Reveals Growing Demonization of Jewish State as ‘Nazi-Like’
A leader of Berlin's Jewish community has called for a "paradigm shift in the fight against antisemitism" in the wake of a poll showing that...
Germany Makes Citizenship Easier for Descendants of Refugees from Nazis
Germany will on Friday enforce two decrees to make it easier for people, mainly Jews, who fled the Nazi regime because of persecution as well...
Head of German Jewish Council Says Extreme Right Poses ‘Greatest Danger’ to Community
In a newspaper interview published over the weekend, the head of Germany's Jewish community stated that right-wing extremism posed the "greatest danger" to Germany and...
Former Iranian Prisoner: I Was Tortured Into Making Israeli Spy Confession
An Iranian national now living in Germany has spoken at length to the BBC recalling how he was sentenced to death after being tortured by...
Antisemitism at German Editors’ Desks
An erosion of the post-war consensus on antisemitism in the Federal Republic of Germany is well underway, and Der Spiegel, the leading weekly German news...
The Horrendous Way a German Museum Remembers the Holocaust
The Nazi racial laws that led to the murder of millions of Jews in the Holocaust were enacted in the city of Nuremberg. Nuremberg is...
Germany Tells Jews to Take Off Their Yarmulkes
I visited Birkenau last week for the 75th anniversary of the deportation of Elie Wiesel to Auschwitz. Over the last two summers, I have taken my...
Will Anti-BDS Legislation Work in Real Life?
JNS.org - The legislation that passed in the German Bundestag last week defining the BDS movement as antisemitic has great symbolic importance. For the first time,...
Youth Wing of 2nd Largest German Trade Union Rejects BDS, Anti-Zionist Group
A German youth organization affiliated with the country's second largest trade union has disavowed the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, as...
