Germany

Merz: Germany still to decide whether to back sanctions on Israel

Merz said Israel's actions in Gaza were not proportional to its stated goals, but said Germany did not share the view that the actions amounted to genocide.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to suspend arms deliveries to Israel has unleashed quite a storm at home, says the writer.
French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for the media at a hotel prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

UN sanctions on Iran to be reimposed, France's Macron says

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top advisor on international affairs, attends a conference under "The World Federation of Resistance scholars" on subject "resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy

Iran's global scope of terror: Tehran's international crime network exposed

German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the reopening of the Reichenbach Synagogue. September 15, 2025.

'Declaring war on antisemitism in Germany': Merz tearful at synagogue reopening ceremony


Main suspect in British toddler Madeleine McCann's disappearance set to be released

German prosecutors first named Christian Brueckner a suspect in 2020, when he was already serving another sentence.

 A man, a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal, arrives with his lawyers Dennis Bock, Friedrich Fuelscher and Atilla Aykac for the start of his trial in Germany on unrelated sexual assault charges in Braunschweig, Germany, February 16, 2024.

Journès at 'Post' Conference: France’s Palestine recognition didn’t end ceasefire talks

At The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, France’s ambassador defends his country’s stance on Palestine and its impact on talks.

French Ambassador Frédéric Journès, German ambassador Steffen Siebert speaking at The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, September 16, 2025.

Almost 93% of German pilots sleep during flights, survey reveals

A German pilots’ union warns of rising cockpit fatigue, with most pilots admitting to in-flight naps amid staffing shortages and packed flight rosters.

Planes of German air carrier Lufthansa are parked as Lufthansa pilots start a strike over a wage dispute, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany September 2, 2022.

Bayreuth uncorked: Beer, wine & stories between synagogues and palaces

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 114.

A warm welcome to Wirsberg, a village 20 minutes from Bayreuth

Iran's uranium-enrichment program must be dismantled, US's Wright says

Wright urged IAEA members to back US calls to fully dismantle Iran’s enrichment program as Europe weighs sanctions.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks on the opening day of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025.

Student alleged to have stabbed two in attack in Germany looked for victims at nearby synagogue

The "criminally responsible youth" allegedly walked to the Old Synagogue in Essen looking for further victim after stabbing two, which he failed to encounter, prosecutors said in a statement.

Police secure the area in front of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2025

British, French, German foreign ministers condemn Israel's Qatar strikes

Israel struck Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday in a bid to assassinate senior Hamas leaders.

Vehicles stop at a red traffic light, a day after an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, September 10, 2025.

Berlin intervenes after Belgian festival drops Israeli conductor over Gaza

Lahav Shani was due to conduct the Munich Philharmonic next week until the Flanders Festival said that his current job as Chief Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic had given them pause.

 Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Lahav Shani.

Germany to back France-led two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict, Bloomberg News reports

Germany is reportedly planning to support a United Nations resolution on Friday adopting the declaration, led by France and Saudi Arabia.

United Nations Security Council holds a session following Israel's security cabinet's decision to take control of Gaza City, August 10, 2025.

Germany urges mosque association to cut ties with Erdogan over 'antisemitism, Islamist agendas'

The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) has around 1,000 mosques in Germany, and is sometimes called the 'long arm of Erdogan.'

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025.

Rights groups file case in Germany against German-Israeli soldier over suspected Gaza war crimes

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and three Palestinian human rights organizations said they filed a criminal complaint with Germany's federal prosecutor against an IDF sniper.

IDF soldier operating on Israel's border with Syria, September 9, 2025.