https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Debris from a missile fight between Israel and Hamas landed on a German cruise ship with 2,700 passengers and crew aboard on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20140708/german-cruise-ship-hit-by-rocket-pieces Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:14:00 +0200 german-cruise-ship-hit-by-rocket-pieces German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Monday the blockade of the Gaza Strip only serves to strengthen extremists and urged Israel to allow exports from the impoverished territory. https://www.thelocal.de/20101108/31033 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:46:00 +0100 31033 Polish authorities acting on a German request have arrested a suspected Mossad agent thought to have played a role in the Dubai assassination of a Hamas commander, German prosecutors said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100612/27815 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:53:00 +0200 27815 Germany on Thursday demanded an explanation from Israel over the killing of a Hamas chief in Dubai by suspected Mossad agents using European passports. https://www.thelocal.de/20100218/25355 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:22:00 +0100 25355 A joint meeting in Berlin of the German and Israeli cabinets that was postponed in November will now take place on January 18, an Israeli government official said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100103/24317 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:35:00 +0100 24317 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said there was no imminent breakthrough on a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas amid media reports of recent progress thanks to German mediation. https://www.thelocal.de/20090830/21577 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:20:00 +0200 21577 German Chancellor Angela Merkel blames Hamas for the escalation of violence in Gaza because of the firing of rockets into Israel and the abandonment of its ceasfire, her spokesman said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081229/16417 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:55:00 +0100 16417 The radical Islamist movement Hamas on Tuesday slammed German Chancellor Angela Merkel for closing her eyes to what it labelled as Israel's "holocaust" against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. https://www.thelocal.de/20080318/10761 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:47:00 +0100 10761