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German party funds pour dark money into Israel to influence domestic politics

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While the subject of European money funneled to Israeli left-wing groups in order to influence Israeli civil society and politics is nothing new, recent research reveals that not only is Germany the largest contributor...
Orde Wingate Square in Jerusalem. Villa Salameh (the Belgian Consulate) is at the left. Credit: Yoninah via Wikimedia Commons.

German official urged to resign after calling British officer Israeli ‘war criminal’

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A German official has been pressed to resign or be fired immediately for making accusations about a decorated World War II British Army hero and icon in Israel, reported Fox News. Michael Blume, commissioner against anti-Semitism...
Steven Skybell on stage as Tevye in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production. Photo by Lev Radin.

Is Tevye returning to Europe? Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ hopes to head to...

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The star of the Yiddish-language “Fiddler on the Roof” production thought it would be no more than a summer curiosity. But after a two-year hiatus induced by the coronavirus pandemic, the award-winning play is...
The bodies of Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich arrive in Israel ahead of burial services. Credit: Eldan David/GPO via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel’s marathon team wins gold in Munich 50 years after Olympics massacre

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Israel’s national men’s marathon team won the gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, 50 years after Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Olympics in...

Germany’s new ambassador to Israel launches charm offensive

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It’s hard for an Israeli not to be charmed by Germany’s new Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert. In a Twitter post announcing his appointment, the telegenic 62-year-old opened up about his excitement at his new position...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, on May 7, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Abbas walks back comments accusing Israel of committing ‘50 Holocausts’

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Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas walked back comments made in Germany on Tuesday accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians. In a statement released Wednesday, Abbas called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2017. Credit: Golden Brown/Shutterstock.

Why the world won’t care about Abbas’s ‘Holocaust’ lie

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There’s something almost pathetic about the outrage generated after the latest comments by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. In Berlin for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was standing with him, the...
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a statement to the media after a farewell ceremony for U.S. President Joe Biden at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Lapid slams as ‘monstrous lie’ Abbas’s claim that Israel perpetrated ‘50 Holocausts’ against Palestinians

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid early on Wednesday slammed as a “monstrous lie” comments made the day before by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who claimed following a meeting with Germany’s chancellor in Berlin...
Lufthansa check-in at an airport terminal. Credit: Oleksandr Lutsenko/Shutterstock.

German airline to appoint anti-Semitism manager after keeping Jews from flight

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Lufthansa Airlines will hire an anti-Semitism manager and adopt the International Human Rights Commission’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism after an incident that garnered international attention, in which more than 100 identifiably Jewish individuals were barred from a flight on...
Artwork by Taring Padi at the Documenta 15 festival in Kassel, Germany, was covered upafter a backlash against its anti-Semitic images, June 22, 2022. Credit: Kira Stephanie Loba//Shutterstock.

German anti-Semitic arts scandal continues to foment after festival director resigns

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In the continued fallout of the scandal surrounding anti-Semitic works presented at the Documenta 15 art festival in Kassel, Germany, director Sabine Schormann has announced her resignation. The Jewish community, however, has called for actual consequences...