Tag: Berlin
German prosecutor: Abbas’s ’50 Holocausts’ remarks constitute incitement
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas's 2022 remarks downplaying the Holocaust constituted incitement to hatred under German law, Berlin's public prosecutor general said on Monday, adding that the P.A. leader likely enjoys immunity against the...
Makkabi Berlin first Jewish soccer club to compete in German Cup
Makkabi Berlin on Sunday became the first Jewish soccer club to compete in the German Cup with a 6-0 loss to VfL Wolfsburg.
The 64-team tournament was founded in 1935 during Nazi rule with Jews not allowed...
‘Glory to the martyrs’: Berlin police approve pro-Hamas rally
A mere three months after a protest in Berlin featured chants of "Death to Jews" and "Death to Israel," German police stood by as yet another pro-terrorist march took place in the capital city, JNS learned...
US calls Roger Waters’s Berlin show antisemitic
The United States has condemned as antisemitic a recent concert in Berlin by Pink Floyd musician and co-founder Roger Waters.
The May 17 performance “contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized...
Holocaust audio archive at Jewish Museum Berlin now UNESCO ‘World Heritage’
As of this month, the Jewish Museum Berlin is home to a collection of objects that is listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register.
The original 16mm and restored...
Berlin bans Palestinian terrorist flags at May Day events
Police in Berlin have announced a ban on Palestinian terrorist flags and violent statements against Israel during Monday’s May Day demonstrations.
The move follows a march in the city during the Passover on April 8...
At Berlin Holocaust memorial, Netanyahu says evil must be stopped early
Standing beside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday at a Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an indirect reference to Israel’s efforts to prevent Iran from threatening the Jewish state with...
Berlin pumps cash into UNRWA despite teachers urging murder of Jews
The German government in March funneled €5 million ($5.27 million) into a school project in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, even as a report by Israeli NGOs shows Palestinian teaching materials “glorify terrorism, encourage martyrdom,...
Abbas’s trivialization of Holocaust spurs inquiry by Berlin police
Berlin police opened a preliminary inquiry into whether Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas broke German laws against incitement of hatred when he claimed Israel had committed “50 Holocausts.”
Abbas’s statements, made during a press conference with German Chancellor...
British Labour Party leader under fire for campaign spot filmed in Germany
Jews in the United Kingdom and Germany are speaking out against a campaign ad from Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, in which he is seen walking through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews...