“The nationalist party has questionable interest in protecting Israel, but doing so helps wave away Nazi allegations while also pushing the notion that Jewish life is at risk from imported ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, follows the debate after his government statement on the European summit during a plenary session ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives at Ben Gurion Airport, where he is greeted with military honors by Israeli ...

Friedrich Merz did something unprecedented for a German chancellor in late May 2025: publicly criticize Israel in unvarnished, unequivocal terms. “What the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip, I ...

New chancellor Merz's rebuke of Israel over military actions in Gaza marks big shift Move driven by souring of public opinion on Israel in a much more diverse Germany Germany joins major European ...

On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz endorsed Israel's attack on Iran in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF. He said, “This is the dirty work that Israel ...

Nearly two years of carpet bombing, mass murder and a starvation blockade of the Gaza Strip have turned Israel into a pariah state, despised and hated throughout the world. Nevertheless, the German ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has issued a rare public rebuke of Israel, saying he felt compelled to speak out because “international humanitarian law is really being violated” in Gaza. The ...

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.) Listen ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elisabeth Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich ...