"Germany has an obligation for the security and existence of the state of Israel and Germany is also committed to international law. These are two sides of the same coin," Wadephul said during a ...

The argument that Israeli security is Germany’s “reason of state” was reiterated by Merkel’s successor, Olaf Scholz, during his visit to Israel on Oct. 17, 2023 – just 10 days after the Hamas attack.

Until Israel imposed a total siege on Gaza in March, aid deliveries to the enclave’s 2.1mn population were led by the UN, which delivered them to people in multiple locations across the territory.

Israel retaliated, invading Gaza on October 27, 2023, with the stated objectives of destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages ...

Extreme heat expected in Germany this week, Scholz bids farewell to the SPD, and more news from Germany on Monday.

Germany’s interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, expressed support for Israel on Sunday during a visit to the site of an ...

The US is the only power that can realistically stop Israel but under Trump shows no sign of doing so.

On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz endorsed Israel's attack on Iran in an ...

The number of antisemitic incidents in Germany almost doubled last year, at a time of continued war in Gaza between Israel ...

European and regional powers largely approve of efforts to prevent an Iranian bomb. So too do Israelis. But without US support to finish the job, the long-term prospects for that support look shaky.

Criticism by outside governments of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas that killed close to 1,200 people has been present since the war in Gaza began. At first, it was ...