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Germany and Israel extend energy partnership for fifth consecutive year

The two countries will also examine opportunities in joint natural gas storage and supply

By Melanie Swan

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German Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche speaks during a press conference at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin on October 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference in Berlin on September 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

Islamist-motivated antisemitic crimes hit record high in Germany

By Hayley Cregor

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The Eagle's Nest ablaze on October 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Suspect arrested over blaze that ‘destroyed’ Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

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Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference on September 30, 2025 (Getty Images)

Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish leader

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Stolpersteine commemorating the Jewish Cohn family, most of whom perished in the Holocaust, laid in the pavement at the site of the family's former home in Berlin, Germany, on June 20, 2021. (Photo Getty Images)

German town bans new Holocaust memorial stones

By Hayley Cregor

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Main Building of the TU Berlin (Image: Wikipedia)

Philipp Peyman Engel

By Philipp Peyman Engel

Germany’s academic centre for the denial of antisemitism

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The cover of Frederick Forsyth's 'The Odessa File' (Courtesy)

Nicholas Lezard

By Nicholas Lezard

What Frederick Forsyth grasped about antisemitism and Israel

3 min read

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By Philipp Peyman Engel

The anti-Israel far-left takes Berlin – with Hamas sympathisers in tow

Voters in Germany’s capital have handed a resounding victory to Die Linke, a party dogged by extremism, accusations of antisemitism and troubling links to terror supporters

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September 25, 2026 11:42

The Left's leadership celebrate Sunday's election results (Image: Getty Images)

“Jewish life is no longer safe in Germany,” says the country’s Chancellor

Friedrich Merz says he will do “everything possible” to protect Jewish communities

By Hayley Cregor

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September 23, 2026 14:52

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Friedrich Merz, attends a press conference in Berlin on September 21, 2026, the day after state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. The CDU fared disastrously in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, finishing way behind the winning far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. In Berlin, the CDU finished second behind the leftist Die Linke party. (Photo Getty Images)

Israeli defence giant to produce Iron Dome parts at German Volkwagen plant

The firms intend to turn the site into a centre for security and defence technology

By Melanie Swan

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September 9, 2026 16:46

Rafael will produce components for the Iron Dome missile defence system at the site (Photo: Getty)

Josef Joffe

The AfD’s rise threatens not German democracy, but German reliability

The party’s success reflects the failure of the government to deal with the “Four Fears”: economic stagnation, inflation, unregulated immigration and Wokism

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September 8, 2026 17:36

(L-R) Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Ulrich Siegmund, the party’s lead candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, and Tino Chrupalla, co-chairman of the AfD parliamentary group, celebrate the first exit poll in Magdeburg, Germany, on September 6 (Image: Getty Images)

German Jewish Leader ‘personally horrified’ as far-right AfD scores historic election victory

The party’s lead candidate was previously sacked from a parliamentary role after attending a far-right meeting at which one speaker advocated a master plan’ the ‘remigration’ of ‘non-assimilated’ German citizens

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September 7, 2026 11:30

AfD co-chairs Alice Weidel (L) and Tino Chrupalla (R), with AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund (C), celebrate the results of the first exit poll projecting an AfD win in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections at the Messe Trade Fair Halls in Magdeburg, Germany, on September 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

German schools to get Jewish religious education books as part of curriculum for first time since Holocaust

Jewish studies in the country will be on ‘equal footing with Christian religious subjects’, says one of the community’s leaders

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August 26, 2026 15:43

The first volume of Da’at Hadorot will be in German classrooms during the coming the new school year. (Ernst Klett Verlag / Collage: Börsenblatt/Central Council of Jews)

German investigators identify ‘Hitler-fixated’ suspect of deadly 1970 Jewish care home arson

Munich prosecutors said they believed the arsonist was a neo-Nazi

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August 21, 2026 11:22

The Munich fire brigade tries to extinguish the fire at No 27, Reichenbachstrasse, on 13 February 1970 (Image: City of Munich, KVR, Fire Department)

German court rules that Israel-Nazi comparisons are protected speech

The court also ruled that the Instagram posts did not violate the country’s strict laws against Holocaust trivialisation

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August 4, 2026 11:42

German flags on the Reichstag building on July 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Bob Vylan frontman was deported from Germany over ‘death to IDF’ chant and ‘Hamas propaganda’

The punk-rap singer described the decision as ‘frankly absurd’

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July 31, 2026 15:21

Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan performs next to a Palestinian flag at Release Athens Festival 2025 in Athens, Greece, on July 4, 2025 (Getty Images)

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