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German-Palestinian relations

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul poses for a photo with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa'ar, ahead of a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on July 31, 2025 (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
July 31, 2025, 4:26 pm
En route to Israel, German FM urges 2-state process, says too soon to recognize Palestine
Key European ally not yet joining others in making move, but warns Israeli inaction testing Berlin’s patience; Wadephul to visit West Bank, focus on Gaza aid
By Nava Freiberg
Foreign nationals being held by Hamas gunmen, in an unconfirmed photo distributed on social media. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 10, 2023, 8:46 pm
Germany opens probe into Hamas slaying, abduction of citizens in assault on Israel
Prosecutors launch investigation into belonging to a foreign terrorist group, hostage-taking and murder; several dual German-Israeli nationals said to have been abducted
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit buildings and cars in the southern city of Ashdod, October 9, 2023. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
October 9, 2023, 5:29 pm
EU to review aid to Palestinians following Hamas attack on Israel
Source indicates aid will still be maintained; Germany, Austria separately say they’re suspending and reviewing aid to West Bank and Gaza
By AFP, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gesticulates during a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
August 17, 2022, 3:19 am
‘A monstrous lie’: Abbas ’50 holocausts’ claim met with outrage in Israel, Germany
Lapid pans PA chief for ‘moral disgrace,’ says ‘history will not forgive him’; Liberman: He’s a ‘terrorist,’ worse than Hamas; German opposition head: Scholz should have booted him
By ToI Staff
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (Jens Schlueter/AFP)
August 16, 2022, 10:32 pm
In Berlin, Abbas says Israel committed ‘holocausts’; Scholz grimaces but is silent
Chancellor later tells outraged German media such use of the term is ‘unbearable’; PA leader makes comments while declining to express regret for Munich massacre
By ToI Staff and Agencies
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
August 16, 2022, 8:58 pm
At Abbas’s side, German leader rejects his use of ‘apartheid’ in reference to Israel
Hosting PA president in Berlin, Scholz says the term — which Abbas employed to denounce Israel — does not ‘correctly describe the situation’
By ToI Staff
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (L) is received by his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in the Jordanian capital Amman, on June 10, 2020. (Ahmad SHOURA / AFP)
June 11, 2020, 11:27 am
In Jordan, German foreign minister agrees preventing annexation a ‘priority’
Heiko Maas, in joint statement with Jordanian counterpart and Palestinian Authority premier, says future negotiations must be based on international law
By ToI Staff and Agencies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, address the media during a joint statement prior to a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
August 29, 2019, 6:37 pm
Merkel backs two-state solution in meeting with Abbas
PA leader breaks silence on last week’s bomb attack that killed Israeli teen, condemns ‘violence against civilians’
By AP and ToI Staff
Christian Clages, head of the German mission to the Palestinian territories. in a video shot in Ramallah. (Screen capture, ramallah.diplo.de)
July 30, 2019, 7:51 pm
Germany disciplines diplomats over anti-Israel social media activity
Country’s representative office in Ramallah liked tweets attacking the IDF and Yad Vashem
By AP and ToI Staff
German Chancellor and chairwomen of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Angela Merkel, answers questions of delegates during a convention of the party´s youth section in Kiel, Germany, October 6, 2018. (Carsten Rehder/dpa via AP)
October 9, 2018, 11:04 pm
Merkel affirms support for two-state solution in call with Abbas
German chancellor phones PA president days after trip to Israel that did not include Ramallah meeting
By Adam Rasgon and AP
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas seen prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on July 18, 2018. (AP/Ferdinand Ostrop)
August 31, 2018, 3:10 pm
Germany to boost funding to UNRWA as US pulls back
‘Loss of this organization could unleash an uncontrollable chain reaction,’ foreign minister says, calling for world support for Palestinian refugee body
By ToI Staff
File: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
May 2, 2018, 7:55 pm
German Palestinian group slams Abbas Holocaust speech
In rare move, DPG says it ‘dissociates itself clearly and unequivocally’ from PA president’s speech blaming Jews for Holocaust
By JTA
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during their meeting, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 26, 2018.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
March 26, 2018, 9:53 pm
German FM urges Palestinians ‘not to tear down bridges’
On Israel and West Bank visit, Heiko Mass says peace talks without the US ‘would be difficult’; acknowledges differences with Israel, Trump on Iran deal
By AP
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas takes the oath of office after the new government was appointed after German Chancellor Angela Merkel was elected for a fourth term as chancellor in the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
March 25, 2018, 12:56 pm
Solidarity with Israel central to German foreign policy, new FM says
Ahead of maiden trip to the region, Heiko Maas reiterates commitment to Jewish state’s security, notes 70th anniversary of independence
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: A Palestinian checks a truck loaded with humanitarian aid from the US as it arrives in the Palestinian town of Rafah through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on August 6, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 16, 2016, 6:32 pm
PA claims it got no US aid in 2016. In fact, State Dept. gave Palestinians $357 million. And that’s not all
Palestinian PM last week accused the US of failing to come through with a single dollar of a promised $263 million. The American government actually gives more aid than any other country
By Dov Lieber
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