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Jul 13, 2025, 12:21 PM

Kai Wegner Defends Israeli Flag Flying in Berlin

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner attends the 2023 Israel Day event in Berlin. Photo: Michael Kuenne

In October 2023, Berlin's mayor, Kai Wegner, made a simple, human choice. He raised the Israeli flag in front of the Red City Hall as a gesture of compassion. It was not just an act of political symbolism. It...

Warren J. Blumenfeld

Jul 8, 2025, 7:11 PM

Comparing Germany & the US South’s Reflections of the Wars They Instigated

In the aftermath of two tragic wars perpetrated and rationalized on the socially constructed notion of “race” and racial superiority, and tied to issues of economics and land acquisition or maintenance, how have Germany following defeat in WWII and...

Jul 8, 2025, 10:58 AM

Germany’s Moral Failure Boosts Islamism

Germany’s flag in darkness, a nation at a crossroads between courage and complacency. Photo: Unsplash

What is the greatest enemy of Islamism? Is it courageous individuals who break free from its grip? The children of radicals who refuse to follow in their parents’ footsteps? Is it the police, the intelligence services, or the judiciary?...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Jul 6, 2025, 5:29 AM

Take a Licking – Synonyms lekikah and lechicha

When the Moabites led by Balak turned to their mortal enemies the Midianites to ally with them against the impending threat of the Israelites, the Moabites said to the Midianite elders, “Now the congregation will lick away all...

Jun 24, 2025, 8:17 PM

Friedrich Merz is right: Israel is doing the dirty work for all of us

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a statement in Berlin before traveling to the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, on June 15, 2025. (John MacDougall/AFP)

When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz looked into the camera of the German public-service television broadcaster ZDF and stated that Israel is doing “die Drecksarbeit für uns alle” (“the dirty work for all of us”), he sliced through the fog...

Jun 24, 2025, 8:02 AM

A Kurdish Voice on Israel and Hope

In a world where standing with Israel is increasingly met with resistance, Alan Wali stands tall—unshaken and proud. I first met Alan, a Kurdish man living in Germany, at a pro-Israel conference in Stuttgart. His passionate, articulate support for the...

Jun 24, 2025, 1:09 AM

Racing Toward Irrelevance

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer claims to have been blindsided by the American military action in Iran. The British, long used to being privy to the most timely and important intelligence through the "Five Eyes" network, now seem to...

Jun 19, 2025, 5:02 PM

You Preach Peace. Israel Fights Evil

At the Unity Rally against antisemitism in San Francisco, an activist holds a sign that reads, “OUR LOVE IS STRONGER THAN YOUR HATE.” Photo: Unsplash

While Jews run to bomb shelters, Western “experts” sip cappuccinos and scold a democracy for surviving. I am furious with every ounce of my being at how Jews are once again abandoned, patronized, and scapegoated by the very societies that...

Jun 17, 2025, 6:05 PM

By all means, gaze into the abyss of revenge

Nietzsche supposedly said, ''Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.'' People like to quote it a lot these days. I prefer...

Jun 12, 2025, 6:53 PM

Is Germany’s Stance on Israel Shifting?

Germany’s Support for Israel Cannot Be Conditional on Popular Opinion Since Hamas’s brutal October 7th attacks, in which over 1,200 Israelis were massacred and hostages - including eight German citizens - were taken, Germany had presented itself as one of...

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