Analysis & Commentary
Pakistan Detains al Qaeda Operative Tied to Multiple Plots
An al Qaeda operative connected to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and a Mumbai-style plot against Europe has been reportedly detained in Pakistan. The operative, a French-Algerian named Naamen Meziche, had been living in Iran as of earlier this year.
Pakistan’s New Al Qaeda Detainee and Iran
Pakistani officials have reportedly captured Naamen Meziche, an al Qaeda operative with an extensive dossier. Meziche plays a significant role in an article that I co-authored with my colleague Benjamin Weinthal earlier this year.
Germany Starts to Clamp Down on Salafists
Last week the German interior ministry stepped up its efforts against a growing Salafist network in the Federal Republic, stating that "[t]he organization acts in opposition to the idea of constitutional order and multicultural understanding."
Drachmail and the New Democrats
For the past few weeks, the gloomy words of the Rolling Stones's 1973 hit "Angie," German Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2005 campaign song, served as a metaphor for her country's disillusionment with the European monetary union.
Iran Talks Resemble Mood Swings of a Manic Depressive
In recent weeks, public discussion about ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — has experienced the same mood swings of a manic depressive.
What Does Germany’s “Non-Negotiable” Pledge to Israel’s Security Mean?
“Jews sell news” in Germany. With those words, an Israeli journalist colleague explained the cynically voracious appetite of many German-language media outlets for Jewish and Israel-based topics at a podium discussion...
Neo-Nazis Praise German Mayor for Israel Boycott
The local branch of the neo-Nazi party (NPD) expressed solidarity for the campaign calling for a boycott of Israeli products that is supported by the German city of Jena’s Social Democratic Mayor Albrecht Schröter and the left-wing NGO Pax Christi.
Consumed with Jew Hatred
Late last month, European officials accused Israelis of exaggerating the threat of a nuclear Iran, and called for Germans to boycott Israeli goods. Austrian defense minister Norbert Darabos and Albrecht Schröter, mayor of the German town of Jena...
Beschleunigt der Iran den Bau der Bombe?
Nach Informationen der iranischen Volksmudschaheddin treibt der Iran die Arbeit an einer Atombombe mit insgesamt sieben Schwerpunkten voran.
Auf Wiedersehen, Mon Ami
As her buddy, Nicolas Sarkozy, leaves office, Angela Merkel is now left all alone. Can she still steer the European ship without a first mate?
Banging the Tin Drum for Iran and Against Israel
Germany’s most famous living writer has unleashed an international debate by branding Israel the greatest threat to world peace. Günter Grass, author of the 1959 novel "The Tin Drum" and winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in literature, made the claim in an early April poem.
Günter Grass: Always on the Wrong Side
Eighty-four-year-old Nobel literature laureate Günter Grass penned a poem entitled “What must be said” for Munich’s liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, accusing Israel of planning a first strike on Iran to “extinguish the Iranian people.”
German Nobel Laureate Günter Grass Loves Iran’s Clerical Regime
While Germany’s media are reporting non-stop on the country’s most famous contemporary writer—the 1999 Nobel Laureate in Literature Günter Grass—because of his “poetic” attacks on Israel’s right to defend itself...
Beating the Tin Drum Against Israel
One of Germany’s most famous novelists penned a pro-Iranian regime and anti-Israel poem Wednesday in German and Italian daily newspapers, declaring the Jewish state the greatest threat to global security and denying the existence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program.
Something Rotten in Germany
On Wednesday, Germany’s most famous novelist penned a poem threat to global security. The 84-year-old atomic power Israel is endangering the already fragile world peace.” His poem, entitled “What must be said,” ran in the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Italy’s La...
“Wir Stehen Kurz Vor der Bombe”
"Als Unterhändler hat Mousavian stets die offizielle Linie vertreten, dass das iranische Nuklearprogramm nur zivilen Zwecken diene. Dass er nun schreibt, der Iran habe schon 2002 die Fähigkeit zum break-out erreicht kann sich nur auf das geheime militärische Programm beziehen, das...
German Trial Shows al-Qaida Targeted Europe Economy
The third week of hearings to determine if Ahmad Wali Siddiqui, a German-Afghani, participated as a member of the terror groups al-Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan unfolded on Monday and Tuesday.
German Trial Shows al-Qaida Targeted Europe Economy
The six days of hearing have thus far revealed fresh evidence of the role of radical German Islamists in Iran. The popular website The Long War Journal has long documented the links between al-Qaida and Tehran.
German SPD Youth Group Calls for Attack on Iran if Sanctions Fail
Jerusalem Post journalist Benjamin Weinthal, who has thankfully returned to regular blogging, just posted about a potentially significant, albeit somewhat counter-intuitive, development on the German left.
Young Germans for Military Strikes Against Iran’s Nukes
While Germany’s social democratic leader and chancellor hopeful Sigmar Gabriel recently termed Israel an ‘Apartheid regime’ during his visit to Hebron, the Berlin youth chapter of the left-liberal party, Jusos, broke ranks with, according to their comments, the anti-Israeli hostility...
