Germany
Top German newspaper offers readers a DIY “kipah” in a show of solidarity with the country’s Jews just days after the German anti-Semitism commissioner cautioned against wearing them in public.
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry links protest organizers to terrorist groups Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the PFLP.
“It is so important that the original documents can speak to coming generations,” archive director Floriane Azoulay.
In backdrop of increased incidents against Jews in Europe, German lawmakers declare BDS anti-Semitic
The non-binding motion, which was passed by the Bundestag, declared the campaign that seeks to inflict economic damage on Israel as “reminiscent of the most terrible chapter in Germany history” and triggered memories of the Nazis’ slogan “Don’t buy from Jews.”
“The Bible talks about: To whom much is given, much is required. And I feel that pressure. You just really concentrate on what you have to do … and there’s a lot to do,” says U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell one year after starting his position.
This is the second case in which the Lawfare Project has represented Israelis barred from traveling via Kuwait Airways.
Germany’s military will consist of rabbis for the first time in nearly a century, making its pastoral services available for the some 300 Jews serving in the Bundeswehr.
Germany’s Free Democrats’ attempt to curb anti-Israel voting patterns fail in the Bundestag, but does it reflect the true opinions of parliament members, and will the right-wing party’s positive support of Israel change the Jewish community’s attitudes towards it?
What explains Germany’s inconsistent efforts in rooting out terrorists from its midst?
In a massive report in Germany’s “Bild” newspaper, Albert Reimann Sr. and Albert Reimann Jr. were reported to have used Russian civilians and French POWs as forced laborers when the Nazi regime reigned, according to documents recently brought to light.
Convicted terrorist and former prisoner Rasmea Odeh was scheduled to speak earlier this month at an event promoting the boycott of Israel at a community center in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg.
A German politician is outraged that Rasmea Odeh, a member of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine convicted of a Jerusalem bombing that killed two students, is slated to address an event in Berlin.
