Namibia has condemned its former colonial ruler Germany's decision this week to reject accusations against Israel by South Africa of "genocide" at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said early Sunday she was "relieved" over the release of a second group of Hamas hostages, including four German-Israelis.
A former Israeli soldier was attacked in the German capital Berlin, police said Saturday, with one or several unknown assailants spraying him with an irritant and throwing him to the ground.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday warned against any show of anti-Semitic or racist behaviour ahead of expected weekend pro-Palestinian rallies in the wake of days of fighting in the Middle East.
The German government said Wednesday it is banning three groups close to Hezbollah, the Lebanese movement that opposes Israel, against the backdrop of the current military escalation in the Middle East.
Police made 59 arrests while dozens of police officers were injured during violent clashes at a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin this weekend, police said on Sunday.
Germany on Friday said rockets fired by Hamas at Israel amount to "terrorist attacks" and warned it would not tolerate "anti-Semitic" demonstrations on its own soil as the conflict intensified in
the Middle East.
Germany on Thursday vowed "unwavering" protection of its synagogues after scattered demonstrations over the escalating conflict in the Middle East saw protesters shout anti-Israeli slogans and burn Israeli flags.
Germany's Jewish community on Wednesday urged the country to ramp up protection after Israeli flags were burnt in front of synagogues amid escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel extended her "heartfelt sympathy" to Israel for the massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site that killed at least 44 people on Friday, her spokesman said.
Israeli combat pilots and their
German counterparts will on Tuesday honour Holocaust victims with a symbolic
flyover of Dachau concentration camp, as they carry out their first joint
military exercises in Germany.
German airline giant Lufthansa said
Thursday it was cancelling all flights to Israel until March 28th, after the Jewish state barred entry to almost all non-resident arrivals from five European nations including Germany.
The "evil spirits" of hatred and anti-Semitism are re-emerging, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Wednesday in a Berlin speech marking 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.
The director of Berlin's Jewish Museum resigned on Friday amid controversy over a tweet sent linking to an article
that criticised the German parliament for passing legislation against the BDS movement, which demands a boycott of Israel.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Sunday that Germany's warning to Jews on the dangers of wearing the traditional kippah cap were a "capitulation to anti-Semitism" and evidence Jews were unsafe there.
A recently uncovered signature in a guestbook has shed new light on a Nazi's visit to Jerusalem in 1933, and Israel's National Library is highlighting the find for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
German police were on Sunday investigating an anti-Semitic tweet sent to an Israeli football player during a second division game in Berlin, in an incident that has provoked widespread outrage.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Israel's Holocaust memorial on Thursday and spoke of her country's "everlasting responsibility" to remember the tragedy and oppose anti-Semitism.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as they seek to publicly brush past their list of differences and promote cooperation between their countries.
The world reacted with horror to violence on Israel's border. The Local asked experts about the impact it could have on the close relationship between Berlin and Tel Aviv.
The latest escalation of hostilities in the Middle East involving Iran and Israel is a matter of "war and peace" for the region, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Thursday.
The Holocaust largely ended Jewish cultural life in Germany. But as ever more Israelis move to Berlin, a growing cultural movement is helping create a new Jewish diaspora with a distinctly Hebrew edge.
Police pulled three security guards away on Thursday afternoon after they marched on the Israeli stand at the ITB Berlin tourism fair shouting “Free Palestine.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran on Sunday over aggressions by Iran and its "proxies" in Syria, saying he would not allow them to "put a noose around our neck".
