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 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20210522/germanys-chancellor-merkel-warns-on-anti-semitism-ahead-of-gaza-protests Sat, 22 May 2021 17:55:33 +0200 germanys-chancellor-merkel-warns-on-anti-semitism-ahead-of-gaza-protests 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20210514/germany-slams-anti-semitic-demos-and-hamas-terrorist-attacks Fri, 14 May 2021 16:18:57 +0200 germany-slams-anti-semitic-demos-and-hamas-terrorist-attacks 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20210512/germanys-jews-call-for-protection-amid-israel-palestinian-clashes Wed, 12 May 2021 13:59:49 +0200 germanys-jews-call-for-protection-amid-israel-palestinian-clashes Germany will provide additional funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency and has appealed to other EU members to do the same following a cut in US aid, its foreign ministry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180901/germany-to-raise-funds-for-palestinian-refugee-agency Sat, 01 Sep 2018 15:58:53 +0200 germany-to-raise-funds-for-palestinian-refugee-agency 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20180515/will-the-killings-in-gaza-affect-german-israeli-relations Tue, 15 May 2018 18:08:05 +0200 will-the-killings-in-gaza-affect-german-israeli-relations 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.” https://www.thelocal.de/20180309/police-intervene-after-security-men-at-berlin-tourism-fair-harass-israeli-stand Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:17:23 +0100 police-intervene-after-security-men-at-berlin-tourism-fair-harass-israeli-stand Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière has sharply condemned the burning of Israeli flags during anti-Israel protests in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20171211/burning-of-israeli-flags-at-berlin-demo-disgraceful-says-interior-minister Mon, 11 Dec 2017 11:26:22 +0100 burning-of-israeli-flags-at-berlin-demo-disgraceful-says-interior-minister The German Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a law passed in the Israeli parliament retroactively legalizing settlements was damaging to Israel’s own wish for security. https://www.thelocal.de/20170208/german-trust-in-israel-deeply-shaken-by-new-settlement-law Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:22:37 +0100 german-trust-in-israel-deeply-shaken-by-new-settlement-law Germany on Wednesday voiced doubts on whether Israel remains committed to reaching a two-state solution after it announced an acceleration of settlements in Palestinian territory. https://www.thelocal.de/20170126/germany-voices-doubt-israel-still-wants-two-state-solution Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:14:49 +0100 germany-voices-doubt-israel-still-wants-two-state-solution In 1990, Dina Gold marched into the Transport Ministry in Berlin to stake her claim on a building Nazis confiscated from her grandparents in 1937. But the road to compensation for age-old crimes led her to a surprising discovery about modern-day Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20151207/my-family-the-nazis-and-our-factory-in-berlin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:16:06 +0100 my-family-the-nazis-and-our-factory-in-berlin Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday reiterated Germany's inherent responsibility for the Holocaust after visiting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy over his claim a Palestinian leader gave Hitler the idea of exterminating Jews. https://www.thelocal.de/20151022/we-were-responsible-for-holocaust-says-germanz Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:00:53 +0200 we-were-responsible-for-holocaust-says-germanz Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim is hoping to take one of Germany's top orchestras to Iran to perform a concert there, the Berlin State Opera said Thursday, drawing angry protests from Israel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150827/barenboim-israel-blasts-berlin-orchestras-iran-concert-plan Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:49:34 +0200 barenboim-israel-blasts-berlin-orchestras-iran-concert-plan Angela Merkel's televised response to a 14-year-old Palestinian refugee brought the girl to tears on Wednesday and unleashed an internet storm against the Chancellor. But now the girl has defended Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20150716/merkel-brings-palestinian-child-to-tears Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:26:53 +0200 merkel-brings-palestinian-child-to-tears The impoverished Gaza Strip is a "powder keg" at risk of exploding, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday during a visit to the war-torn territory. https://www.thelocal.de/20150601/germany-renews-call-for-two-state-solution Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:51:47 +0200 germany-renews-call-for-two-state-solution Three Palestianian men admitted on Wednesday that they carried out an arson attack on a synagogue in North Rhine-Westphalia in June 2014. https://www.thelocal.de/20150114/palestinians-admit-attack-on-wuppertal-synagogue Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:38:03 +0100 palestinians-admit-attack-on-wuppertal-synagogue A study released on Monday shows that most Israelis and half of Palestinians have a positive view of Germany, while Palestinians wanted a closer relationship with Germans. https://www.thelocal.de/20150112/israelis-and-palestinians-a-positive-view-of-germany Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:35:00 +0100 israelis-and-palestinians-a-positive-view-of-germany The Left (Die Linke) party chief Gregor Gysi took refuge in a toilet after two activist journalists chased him down alleging that he called them anti-Semitic. https://www.thelocal.de/20141112/israel-critics-chase-gysi-into-bathroom-stall Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:49:00 +0100 israel-critics-chase-gysi-into-bathroom-stall UPDATE: A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin on Monday night. Police said it was too soon to say whether it was part of a political protest. https://www.thelocal.de/20140722/man-sets-himself-on-fire-at-israeli-embassy-berlin Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:46:00 +0200 man-sets-himself-on-fire-at-israeli-embassy-berlin UPDATE: Seven members of a German family living in Gaza City were killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20140722/german-family-of-seven-killed-in-gaza-city-air-raid Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:52:00 +0200 german-family-of-seven-killed-in-gaza-city-air-raid Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed "grave concern" over Israel's continued settlement building on occupied Palestinian territory Tuesday, as she and her cabinet visited Jerusalem to meet their counterparts. https://www.thelocal.de/20140225/angela-merkel-to-discuss-iran-and-palestine-with-israeli-pm Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:00:00 +0100 angela-merkel-to-discuss-iran-and-palestine-with-israeli-pm