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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Jeremy Issacharoff

Israel's ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff speaks to AFP journalists during an interview in Berlin, on December 17, 2020. (John MacDougall/AFP)
May 10, 2022, 3:04 am
Outgoing Israeli envoy reflects on Germany’s most dramatic years since WWII
Jeremy Issacharoff’s tenure saw the ends of different leadership eras in both countries; resurgence of German far-right; pandemic; and now, war threatening to fracture Europe again
By Toby Axelrod
Israel's ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff poses in front of a giant Menora set up for the Jewish Hanukka Festival of Lights in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, prior to an interview with AFP on December 17, 2020. (John MACDOUGALL/AFP)
December 24, 2020, 7:47 am
Israel open to German efforts to expand Iran nuclear deal with more restrictions
Ambassador Issacharoff says call by Germany’s foreign minister to redraw 2015 pact so it limits ballistic missiles and Tehran’s regional interference is ‘step in right direction’
By Deborah Cole
Stephan Balliet (C), who shot dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, wears a face mask as he arrives for the start of the 26th day of the trial on December 21, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany (Ronny Hartmann/ AFP)
December 21, 2020, 12:58 pm
Life sentence for Halle synagogue shooter who killed 2 in Yom Kippur rampage
Judges bar Stephan Balliet from early release; he has denied the Holocaust and expressed no remorse for failed 2019 storming of German house of worship
By Agencies
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, is led by a police officer into the courtroom for the start of the 24th day of his trial on November 3, 2020 at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
December 21, 2020, 8:38 am
Verdict due in trial of Halle shooter who attacked synagogue on Yom Kippur
Stephan Balliet denies the Holocaust and expresses no remorse in trial over failed storming of German house of worship in 2019, after which he shot dead 2 people
By David Courbet and Deborah Cole
Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff, left, with UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba, at the White House, September 15, 2020 (courtesy)
September 17, 2020, 3:51 am
26 years after first Israeli-UAE meet, new ties bring a diplomat full circle
Recalling his first discreet contact with an Emirati official, Jeremy Issacharoff relishes finally being able to ‘take the mask off’ bilateral relationship
By Raphael Ahren
Laura Kam
August 11, 2020, 1:44 pm
Laura Kam
Stumbling stones for my murdered great-grandparents
As the wife of Israel’s ambassador to Germany, the ceremony should feel triumphant. But it comes at a troubled time of resurgent Jew-hatred
Illustrative image of a 'Stolperstein,' or stumbling stone, in Berlin, November 9, 2013. (AFP/Johannes Eisele)
August 11, 2020, 9:58 am
German ‘stumbling stones’ memorialize family of Israeli envoy’s wife
Laura Kam commissioned Dortmund memorial after spending years researching history of her maternal great-grandparents, who died in the Holocaust
By Toby Axelrod
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (R) in the capital Tehran on February 3, 2020. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
May 22, 2020, 12:04 pm
EU condemns Iran’s ‘totally unacceptable’ threats against Israel
As opposed to recent warnings against West Bank annexation, which lacked union-wide consensus, statement on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was made on behalf of all 27 member states
By Raphael Ahren
The Facebook invitation to the event (Screen capture/Facebook)
April 22, 2020, 11:29 pm
German police open probe into hack of Israeli Holocaust memorial event on Zoom
Government spokesman calls incident ‘a disgrace’ and Berlin expresses its deep regret to Israeli embassy and to survivor who was speaking when event was infiltrated
By AP and Raphael Ahren
The Facebook invitation to the event (Screen capture/Facebook)
April 21, 2020, 6:21 pm
Anti-Semites break into virtual Holocaust memorial at Israeli embassy in Germany
Vandals display pictures of Hitler while disrupting Holocaust survivor’s online presentation over Zoom; German FM slams ‘indescribable shame’
By Raphael Ahren
Hundreds of Israeli backpackers aboard an El Al Dreamlimer taking them from Lima, Peru, to Tel Aviv, March 2020 (Sivan Farage)
March 23, 2020, 6:29 am
As skies close, Israel scrambles to get thousands of stranded backpackers home
Citing ‘mutual responsibility,’ officials vow to leave no one behind, organizing flights to four corners of world; fume at those who want to take advantage of the system
By Raphael Ahren
Helmut Kleinicke, center, used his position during the war to save what's estimated to be hundreds of Jews. (Juta Scheffzek/ Jewish Welfare Board of Germany)
January 16, 2020, 10:05 pm
Nazi official who risked life to save hundreds of Jews posthumously recognized
40 years after his death, Helmut Kleinicke, who kept mum about sheltering and helping Jewish laborers avoid deportation to death camps, designated as Righteous Among the Nations
By Yaakov Schwartz
The Bundestag votes in favor of a resolution calling on the German government to ban Hezbollah activities in Germany, December 19 (courtesy Bundestag.de)
December 19, 2019, 1:45 pm
German parliament passes measure urging government to outlaw Hezbollah activity
Bundestag passes nonbinding resolution with large majority; Israeli envoy to Berlin hails ‘important and significant’ resolution as ‘crucial step,’ calls on others to follow suit
By Raphael Ahren
Hezbollah fighters parade during the inauguration of a new cemetery for their fighters who died fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on November 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
November 28, 2019, 2:25 pm
Germany to outlaw all of Hezbollah next week — report
Berlin to formally ban activities of Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group, including showing its flag, Der Spiegel writes
By Raphael Ahren
Hezbollah supporters take part in a rally to mark al-Quds day in Beirut, Lebanon, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
June 4, 2019, 3:43 pm
German parliament to debate banning Hezbollah in its entirety
Country ‘should not be offering a safe haven’ to Iran-backed terror group, says author of nonbinding resolution proposed by far-right AfD party
By Raphael Ahren
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