Tag Archive for Der Spiegel

| July 1, 2017
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Der Spiegel: Germany approves nuclear-capable submarine deal with Israel

 

Germany’s daily Der Spiegel reported Germany’s national security council has approved a deal to sell Jerusalem three additional nuclear-capable submarines for the IDF, despite accusations of wrongdoing in deal leveled against Israeli PM’s personal attorney.

By Reuters

 

Germany’s national security council has approved a deal to sell three further nuclear-capable submarines to Israel, magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday, the latest act in a defense deal that has been overshadowed by corruption allegations.

The $1.5 billion transaction came to public attention when it emerged that shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ Israeli intermediary had retained Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal lawyer David Shimron to act on his behalf. Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2016
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Report: German official says Berlin to rethink policy of blind-support for Israel

 

According to ‘Der Spiegel’, coalition member reveals how Berlin has grown frustrated with Israel’s PM, who is perceived as opposed to a 2-state solution.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Germany is beginning to re-examine its longstanding policy of near-automatic support for Israel in light of what it perceives as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s disinclination to move toward a two-state solution to the Palestine question.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. – Photo: REUTERS

According to a report in the prestigious magazine Der Spiegel, diplomatic officials in Berlin are taking a hard look at a decades-long policy of “unconditional support” for Israel in light of continued settlement expansion in the West Bank.
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| April 19, 2016
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Abbas, I don’t condone terrorism, but families of ‘martyrs’ are compensated

 

view videoAbbas who’s presidency ended 6 years ago tells Spiegel Online, ‘I do not want to run again’ for PA president, I haven’t made any mistakes, and “We are not encouraging our youth to commit violence. But if someone dies at the hands of Israeli security forces, we call that person a martyr. This is our tradition,” the PA president explains to the German magazine.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said that he does “not want to run again” for president if new elections were held while claiming he has “made no mistakes” since taking over negotiating responsibilities on behalf of the Palestinian people over 10 years ago. Continue Reading »

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| June 2, 2015
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German magazine, Der Spiegel fabricates untrue diplomatic crisis with Israel

Based on an ‘unnamed source’, Der Spiegel erroneously reported Israel denying Germany’s Foreign Minister’s plane permission to fly through Israeli airspace in May, because he snubbed a visit to Israel.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

Israel’s embassy in Berlin and the Foreign Ministry vehemently denied a German Der Spiegel article alleging that Israel’s air traffic authority denied German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s plane permission to fly through its airspace during a trip to the Middle East in May because he snubbed a visit to Israel.

German news magazine Der Spiegel is seen at a newsstand in Athens. – Photo: REUTERS

”With regret we take note of the news item in the new Spiegel edition,” Adi Farjon, the spokeswoman for Israel’s embassy in Berlin, wrote to The Jerusalem Post. Continue Reading »

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