Germany
Germany sees sharp rise in Islamist-motivated antisemitic crimes since October 7
Greens MP Lamya Kaddor asked the federal government last month what figures it has regarding antisemitic incidents in Muslim or Islamist contexts before and after October 7, 2023.
German textbooks excel on Holocaust, uneven on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, report finds
Berlin’s Left faces coalition crisis after candidate admits fear of pro-Hamas figures in own party
Israeli, US flags burned in Lyon as economic protests turn violent in European cities
Ismail Haniyeh's ex-bodyguard arrested for planning terror attack against European Jews - report
In 2015, he applied for asylum, and the British Home Office granted him permanent residency while Theresa May served as UK Home Secretary. He was later granted British citizenship.
Russia, Germany's top diplomats hold first talks since 2022 at UN
Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Germany's Johann Wadephul discussed bilateral relations and the war in Ukraine, the Russian foreign ministry said.
New records put Hitler at center of renewed questions over his niece’s 1931 death
Newly uncovered archival documents appeared to challenge the established timeline of Geli Raubal’s 1931 death, placing Hitler in Munich when her body was reportedly discovered.
Israel and the West must stop trying to reform the UN and build something new instead - opinion
The UN has become like the failed collectivist experiments of the 20th century – the huge old Soviet state enterprises and gargantuan Chinese communist industries
German prosecutors investigate alleged 105-year-old former-Nazi PoW camp guard over WWII crimes
Germany hasn't had a statute of limitations for murder or accessory to murder since 1979, allowing the prosecution of Nazi crimes from WWII.
German city votes to end Stolpersteine Holocaust memorial stones for Nazi victims
The motion was jointly submitted by representatives of the right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and AfD, together with representatives of the "Oberelbe Alliance for More Democracy."
IDF chief warns Iran remains a threat as Israel welcomes INS Drakon submarine into Navy service
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir called the submarine’s integration a central force-building move on Thursday, as President Isaac Herzog highlighted its strategic significance.
Jews must be able to access, preserve their heritage sites - opinion
How can Jewish people have a strong and proud identity while being restricted from seeing our heritage sites on which our identity is built?
F-16 fighter jet crashes at US air base in western Germany prompts major emergency response
A US F-16 fighter jet crashed near Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany, leaving one person slightly injured and triggering a major emergency response. The pilot ejected safely.
US National Archives recovers over 120 previously unknown American POW statements from WWII
The documents were discovered by Waterloo resident Jason Hurdle inside a cardboard box hidden in a previously unknown crawlspace in his garage, The Washington Post reported last week.
