Germany

German police foil allegedly 'Islamist-motivated' Christmas market attack, arrest five suspects

One of the suspects had presented his idea for the Christmas market attack, which the suspects planned to use a car to carry out, while at a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau area.

German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017
Kaynar-Kissinger and his fellow actor brother, Doron, (L) put on a Holocaust-related stage production in Germany.

Writing for love’s sake: The poetic world of Gad Kaynar-Kissinger - interview

Shlomo Shamir (L) with 2nd battalion commander, on the way to secure horses for post-war agricultural training.

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

Has there been a slight shift this week in Israel’s diplomatic outlook? Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speak to the media during a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Israel's global standing slowly recovers as diplomatic tsunami begins to recede


Ex-IDF air defense chief: Arrow-3 protecting Germany defies imagination after Holocaust

Ran Kochav recounts to The Jerusalem Post his time as Arrow commander and the technology's role in making history.

People stand in front of the Arrow 3 system during an event of the German Air Force at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde/Holzdorf, eastern Germany, December 3, 2025

Europeans discuss Ukraine with Trump at 'critical moment' for peace

The three countries, along with other European partners and Ukraine, have been working frantically in the last few weeks to refine the original US-backed peace proposal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, in Rome, Italy, July 9, 2025.

'Wrong empathy'? Turkish and Arab students say camp visits spark fear for their own safety - study

New research argues memorials shape which emotions are deemed “legitimate,” highlighting tensions over empathy and belonging.

Dr Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa (front), Secretary General of the Muslim World League leads prayers next to the memorial monument in the former German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Those who appear in this photo aren't mentioned in the article.

How Nazi categories of ‘half-Jews’ and ‘quarter-Jews’ still decide who is a Jew - study

Under Nazi law, these people were grouped under the term "Mischlinge" and bureaucratically labelled as “half-Jews” or “quarter-Jews,” depending on how many grandparents were recorded as Jewish.

How do you define a 'half-Jew?' A torn yellow Star of David, worn by Jews during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.

Japan threatening China militarily, Chinese FM claims to German counterpart

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Japan's "current leader recently made reckless remarks on hypothetical situations on Taiwan."

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media after a telephone call with US President Donald Trump, at her official residence in Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2025.

Merz visit highlights new strategic, and strained, Germany-Israel bond - analysis

Notably, Germany opposed various sanctions proposals in the EU. It is one of the few countries Israel can count on to at least abstain from one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025.

Merz visit to Israel shows bilateral relations remain strong, former amb. to Germany tells 'Post'

“Since 2008, when Angela Merkel visited Israel and spoke of Germany’s commitment to Israel’s security and survival, it has become not just about a commitment of Germany to Israel," but to both sides.

Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

Netanyahu rules out West Bank annexation, Iran cracks down on dissidents - December 7, 2025

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025

Netanyahu ‘not leaving’ politics for pardon, PM says next to Germany’s Friedrich Merz

Netanyahu also praised the Israel–Germany cooperation in high-tech, AI, and quantum technologies.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025

German bid for Zim with Saudi, Qatari backing raises Israel security concerns

Zim has said it will release no further information until a decision is made. 

Zim containers are stacked just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012

Israel will not annex West Bank soon, Netanyahu assures Germany's Friedrich Merz

Friedrich Merz: Germany believes Israel should have conducted war differently • German chancellor explains imposing, removal of arms embargo

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025