Benjamin Weinthal Archives

Benjamin Weinthal

Benjamin Weinthal is a Jerusalem-based journalist who covers the Middle East and is a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum. Follow Benjamin on Twitter @BenWeinthal.

A rally by supporters of Samidoun, a Palestinian BDS group that advocates for imprisoned terrorists. Source: Samidoun via Facebook.

Chants of ‘Death to Jews’ at Samidoun Berlin march spark calls to ban NGO

Recent rallies in Germany have seen open hate speech against Jews,

Benjamin Weinthal

April 17, 2023

The University of Tehran's Faculty of Letters and Humanities. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

McGill University announces end of research with the University of Tehran

The regime-controlled university is a hotbed of lethal antisemitism; during the period of the partnership, the Iranian university promoted the obliteration of Israel.

Benjamin Weinthal

April 10, 2023

A school play performed at the UNRWA Nuseirat School in Gaza, in which students hold an Israeli hostage at gunpoint, April 2016. Credit: Center for Near East Policy Research.

Berlin pumps cash into UNRWA despite teachers urging murder of Jews

Germany contributed around $190 million to the network last year.

Benjamin Weinthal

March 15, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes President Joe Biden at Ben-Gurion Airport, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

US needs ‘serious negotiators’ to normalize Israel-Saudi ties, experts say

Riyadh is following the lead of other Sunni Arab countries in its effort to secure concessions from Washington to boost its security in exchange for a regional peace agreement.

Benjamin Weinthal

March 15, 2023

Centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition in the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense Museum in Tehran, 2018. Credit: Maps/Shutterstock.

Time to ‘snapback’ sanctions on Tehran, experts say

U.N. inspectors caught Iran an easy step away from weapons-grade uranium.

Benjamin Weinthal

March 14, 2023

A Siemens-made high-speed train in Ankara, Turkey. Credit: mikhail.krivyy/TrainPix via Wikimedia Commons.

Siemens signed Israel-boycott contract with Turkish railways: German media

The Saudi bank financing the sale allegedly demanded the boycott commitment.

Benjamin Weinthal

February 9, 2023

An anti-Israel demonstration in Iran. Photo by Ali Khara/Fars News Agency.

No mention of Iran and Palestinian antisemitism in Germany’s strategy to fight Jew-hatred

But German security sources accuse Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps of contracting terrorism against synagogues and spying on the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.

Benjamin Weinthal

February 7, 2023

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. Credit: Flickr.

Analysis: European governments ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to today’s Jew-hatred

The Iranian regime's genocidal antisemitism continues to be off the human rights radar screen on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Benjamin Weinthal

February 2, 2023

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commandos participate in Iran's “Great Prophet IX” military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: Sayyed Shahab Odin Vajedi/Wikimedia Commons.

Bundestag deputy says legal requirements met to proscribe IRGC

"The German Foreign Ministry is pretending that there are legal obstacles to proscribing Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps," Norbert Röttgen says.

Benjamin Weinthal

January 24, 2023

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