Tag: Germany
Herzog: World must work ‘decisively and defiantly’ against Iran
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday urged the international community to confront Iran, as Jerusalem prepares a response to the Islamic Republic’s massive drone and missile attack over the weekend.
“The whole world must work...
Germany altering soccer jersey after concerns ‘44’ evokes Nazi SS
The Germany Football Association (DFB) and its supplier Adidas have moved swiftly in response to warnings that the font used in the numbers on national soccer team jerseys could inadvertently resemble a notorious Nazi SS symbol.
The...
New German citizenship questions ask about Jews, Israel, Holocaust
To pass the test to become a citizen of Germany, applicants must answer 17 questions correctly out of 33, drawn from a potential pool of 300 questions amended to test knowledge about Jewish life and history.
Examples of the...
On social media, German official calls on Netanyahu to ‘tear down this wall’
Michael Blume, the commissioner for combating antisemitism for the German state of Baden-Württemberg, has prompted criticism for his decision to share a social-media post drawing a parallel between the Berlin wall and Israel’s security fence.
Blume retweeted...
Nicaragua takes Berlin to UN court over support for ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Nicaragua has filed an application at the International Court of Justice against Germany, accusing Berlin of being complicit in genocide by supporting Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, The Hague-based court...
Herzog, hostages’ families to travel to Germany
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will head to Germany on Friday to attend a series of policy meetings at the 60th Munich Security Conference, his office announced on Thursday.
Herzog is scheduled to meet with German...
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...
German singer to donate to Holocaust charities after hate-crime hoax
German-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim admitted in court in Leipzig last week that he made up a claim of antisemitism against two hotel employees in October 2021.
In the emotional clip that he posted two years ago on...
Leaders of 60 European cities convene in Germany to learn about Jew-hatred
Three generations of Paul Hirsch’s family traveled this week to Dortmund, Germany, to honor their grand-, great-grand and great-great grandfather, who was the city’s mayor from 1918 until 1933.
Dortmund, which hasn't had another Jewish...
Germany’s ‘Holocaust guilt’ is shaken by Hamas pogrom
In the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in southern Israel, Germany is finding it harder and harder to mask the extremist underbelly of its politics.
A neo-Nazi group plastered a Holocaust memorial last...