Germany

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

Prime Minister Netanyahu said the continent was ‘afflicted by profound moral weakness’, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the German chancellor to ‘bow his head and apologise a thousand times’

By Jacob Jaffa

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Yom HaShoah at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

Volkswagen's Osnabrück plant in Germany (Image: Getty Images)

Iron Dome

Volkswagen in talks to convert car factory into Iron Dome manufacturing hub

By Jamie Shapiro

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Germany

Community leaders abandon exemption that allowed German Jews to avoid military service

By Rob Hyde

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Germany

Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in Germany

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Simson mopeds in an AfD video (Image: YouTube/ AfD-Fraktion im Thüringer Landtag)

Germany

Don’t exploit our iconic mopeds for your political agenda, Jewish family tells far-right

By Rob Hyde

1 min read

Anti-Zionism

Antizionist group plans protest over Buchenwald memorial’s ban on keffiyahs

By Eliana Jordan

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A shed on the private property of Andreas Büttner, Brandenburg’s antisemitism commissioner, engulfed in flames (Credit: Social media)

Germany

German antisemitism tsar’s shed set on fire as Hamas symbol painted nearby

By Daniel Ben-David

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Jewish life here exists only behind concrete barriers and armed guards, says German leader in dire warning

Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said the situation is ‘unbearable’

By Rob Hyde

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December 22, 2025 10:52

German ambassador hosts nine Shoah survivors aged over 100 years old for afternoon tea

Ambassador Susanne Baumann was appointed to the post in September

By Daniel Ben-David

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December 9, 2025 16:54

The tea party for the centenarians was held at the German embassy (Photo: Adam Soller Photography)

German Chancellor pledges to keep memory of Holocaust victims alive on visit to Yad Vashem

Friedrich Merz reaffirms modern Germany’s commitment to the Jewish state on first visit to Israel by European leader since Gaza ceasefire

By Eliana Jordan

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December 7, 2025 14:06

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 7, 2025. (Photo by Ariel Schalit / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

UK will not follow Germany in reversing Israel arms ban

Israel’s foreign minister said other countries should stop refusing to sell Israel weapons

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

November 17, 2025 17:55

Anti-Israel protesters at Wimbledon. Credit: Campaign Against Arms Trade, Twitter/X

British man arrested on suspicion of plotting Hamas-directed attacks on Jews

The 39-year-old suspect is facing extradition to Germany

By JC Reporter

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November 5, 2025 13:13

The National Crime Agency received an extradition request from German prosecutors (Photo: Getty)

Belgian festival cancels performance by celebrated German orchestra over Israeli conductor

Organisers in Ghent said they had ‘chosen to refrain from collaboration with partners who have not distanced themselves unequivocally’ from Israel’s actions in Gaza

By Hannah Levene

1 min read

September 11, 2025 13:48

Lahav Shani, conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, on stage during the Klassik Am Odeonsplatz Mercedes-Benz Reception at Studio Odeonsplatz on July 13, 2024 (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Berlin’s mayor slams city’s university for hosting Francesca Albanese on Gaza ‘genocide’ panel

The UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories has previously been condemned by the French and German governments and sanctioned by the US

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

September 8, 2025 12:56

Francesca Albanese has a history of anti-Israel activism (Photo: Getty)

Germany will not join efforts to recognise Palestinian statehood at UN meeting

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the requirements for doing so have not been met

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 26, 2025 13:38

'The position of the federal government is clear,' German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

German defence contractor Renk mulls US move to bypass Berlin’s arms export ban to Israel

The company’s chief executive said the firm has a ‘responsibility to ensure that Israel is able to maintain its deterrence capabilities’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 15, 2025 09:03

The IDF is heavily reliant on its tanks and it gets its gearboxes from Renk (Image: Getty)

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Germany

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

Volkswagen in talks to convert car factory into Iron Dome manufacturing hub

Community leaders abandon exemption that allowed German Jews to avoid military service

Warning over ‘explosive’ rise in hatred in Germany

Don’t exploit our iconic mopeds for your political agenda, Jewish family tells far-right

Antizionist group plans protest over Buchenwald memorial’s ban on keffiyahs

German antisemitism tsar’s shed set on fire as Hamas symbol painted nearby

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