Tag: Germany
German minister warns Israel against unilateral actions affecting Palestinians
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas alluded indirectly to Israel on Tuesday against taking unilateral steps that could hurt peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
“Creating facts unilaterally won’t help us in this already difficult...
Terrorist attacks stark reminder for European Jewry, loud alarm for general society
As Austrians were making the most of their last night in restaurants, cafes and bars on Nov. 2 before the onset of a new lockdown, a 20-year-old Islamic terrorist fired at passersby in Vienna’s...
Rivlin hosts event marking Kristallnacht with presidents of Austria and Germany
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Monday that while anti-Semitism was a more difficult virus to deal with than COVID-19, a vaccine must be found for it.
Speaking at an event at the President’s Residence...
Holocaust Claims Conference says Germany agrees to give $662 million to survivors
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced on Wednesday that after negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors, it has agreed to give $662 million in aid to an...
Foreign ministers of Israel, UAE, Germany pay joint visit to Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan visited the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin together on Tuesday, during their first meeting together in the...
German-Israeli air-force cooperation sheds light on advanced defense system
A recent historic flyover by Israeli and German fighter jets over the Dachau concentration camp to mark the memory of victims of the Holocaust also shed light on the deep contemporary cooperation in place...
September 1, 1939: Nazi Germany Invades Poland, Starting World War II
On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II.
The day before, Nazi operatives had posed as Polish military officers to stage an attack on the radio station in...
Germany’s lessons for BDS
Three incidents in three different countries during the last week graphically illustrated the ease with which anti-Zionism can serve as a vehicle for anti-Semitism.
In the Austrian city of Graz, the president of the Jewish...
Germany tries to calm rising Greece-Turkey tensions in eastern Mediterranean
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited Greece and is also scheduled to visit Turkey on Tuesday in an effort to calm rising tensions between the two countries over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean,...
August 25, 1944: Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation
After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. German resistance was light, and General Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of...