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Fast Forward Netanyahu Threatens To Skip German Talks If FM Meets ‘Breaking The Silence’
(REUTERS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday to cancel a meeting with Germany’s foreign minister if he sits down with a left-wing rights group. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel was due to meet with “civil society” groups in Israel on Tuesday, a Berlin spokeswoman said. Israeli media said Gabriel would meet with…
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Fast Forward German Newspaper Dubs Ivanka Trump ‘First Whisperer’
Ivanka Trump has earned a new moniker from a German newspaper: the first whisperer. The epithet from the Berliner Zeitung reflects anxieties about whether Ivanks Trump and husband Jared Kushner will have a role in pushing the Trump White House to the center. “Is she going to bring her father on a moderate course, as…
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Fast Forward Trumpeting ‘Unbreakable’ Ties, Germany Still Presses Israel On Palestinian Statehood
Deep and “unbreakable” ties between Germany and Israel are part of Germany’s national identity and pillars of its foreign policy, but Berlin will continue to press for a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday. “With respect to the Middle East conflict, our solidarity with Israel also means working to ensure that Israel…
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Fast Forward Ivanka To Visit Holocaust Memorial On Trip to Germany
Ivanka Trump will visit the Holocaust Memorial during a visit to Berlin on Tuesday in commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day, which begins Sunday night. The First Daughter will be in Berlin for the W20 Summit, a meeting of female leaders in government, NGOS, and business, where she will be speaking on a…
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Fast Forward Germany To Sean Spicer: ‘Nothing Good’ Comes From Nazi Comparisons
Germany has some pretty obvious advice for Sean Spicer: Don’t go there. The spokesperson for Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the chorus denouncing the White House press secretary for his comments on Hitler and chemical weapons, saying it’s never smart to make Nazi comparisons. “Any comparison of current situations with Nazi crimes leads to nothing good,”…
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Fast Forward ‘Heil Hitler’ Soldier Among 275 Far-Right Extremists Probed By German Military
The Germany military’s counter-intelligence agency is looking into 275 suspected right-wing extremists in its ranks, including a soldier heard saying “Heil Hitler,” the Defence Ministry has told parliament in a letter seen by Reuters on Sunday. About 143 of the cases were reported last year and 53 this year, the ministry wrote in its 15-page…
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Fast Forward German Far Right Claims It Back Jews By Blocking Anti-Semitic Muslim Immigrants
A leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) claimed it is a guarantor of Jewish life in Germany because it opposes immigration from largely Muslim migrants. Frauke Petry made the remarks in response to criticism from Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, who last week called the AfD a “disgrace for Germany.”…
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Fast Forward Jewish Descendants Can Sue Germany For Return Of Nazi-Looted Guelph Treasure
(JTA) — A U.S. district court has cleared the way for descendants of Jewish art collectors to sue Germany in the United States over objects allegedly obtained from their ancestors under duress during the Nazi era. The ruling comes three years after a German investigative commission found that the owners of a collection – known…
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