Olaf Scholz

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 10, 2023, 3:18 pm

Netanyahu fetes US Jews for ‘finally’ confronting campus antisemitism

Premier tells cabinet meeting ‘deeply rooted’ hatred of Jews showing its face on university grounds and elsewhere; thanks Biden for rushing arms shipment after bypassing Congress

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal (2nd R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) light the giant Menorah for Hanukkah, in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate on December 7, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

December 7, 2023, 7:48 pm

World leaders mark Hanukkah in shadow of Gaza war, soaring antisemitism

Germany’s Scholz becomes first chancellor to light Brandenburg Gate Menorah, calls for immediate release of hostages; Canada’s Trudeau notes ‘incredibly difficult’ months for Jews

By Michael Horovitz and AFP

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talk to the media at a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

November 17, 2023, 10:14 pm

In Berlin, Erdogan says Germany can’t criticize Israel because of the Holocaust

Leaders spar with each other over Israel-Hamas war; Scholz says terror group cannot be allowed to continue to attack Israel from Gaza

By Agencies

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 14, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

November 14, 2023, 4:15 pm

Days before meet, German leader casts as ‘absurd’ Erdogan’s claim Israel is ‘fascist’

Turkish president is slated to visit Berlin this week for the first time since 2020; Chancellor Scholz says Jerusalem is bound by international law and ‘acts accordingly’

By AFP

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the audience during the Bundeswehr Conference 2023, in Berlin, on November 10, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

November 12, 2023, 10:44 pm

Germany’s Scholz spurns calls for Gaza ceasefire; UK defense chief backs IDF efforts

German chancellor advocates ‘humanitarian pauses’ instead; Grant Shapps notes civilians were also killed in WWII Dresden bombings; EU blasts Hamas’s use of human shields

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People gather with placards and a large Palestinian flag to take part in a 'March For Palestine' in London on October 14, 2023 (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

October 26, 2023, 2:08 pm

Pro-Hamas sentiment shocks European Jews, rekindling fears about their future

The disgust felt by millions toward the terrorist group’s barbarity is overshadowed by angry street protests against Israel and soaring antisemitism

By Canaan Lidor

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the inauguration of the newly built synagogue in Dessau, Germany, October 22, 2023. (Hendrik Schmidt/Pool Photo via AP)

October 22, 2023, 3:25 pm

Outraged at antisemitic agitation in Germany, Chancellor Scholz vows ‘never again’

German leader laments wave of hatred toward Jews, ‘shamefully also here in Germany,’ in wake of massive Hamas terror attack on Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

Family members of those with German citizenship who are missing following the Hamas massacres on October 7, 2023, hold a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 17. (Screenshot)

October 18, 2023, 10:12 am

Family members of the missing with German citizenship thank Scholz, demand action

Families feel affirmed by chancellor’s solidarity visit, but want ‘a sign of life from them,’ with several elderly and ill

By Jessica Steinberg

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)

October 17, 2023, 9:13 pm

Visiting Chancellor Scholz says Germany’s place in hard times is ‘alongside Israel’

Netanyahu says ‘Hamas are the new Nazis’; top security official: Israel will allow humanitarian aid to south Gaza as long as it doesn’t reach terrorists

By ToI Staff

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a government statement on the situation in Israel amid a war with Hamas during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 12, 2023. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

October 12, 2023, 2:48 pm

Citing German responsibility for Israel’s security, Scholz offers military aid

Chancellor says due to Holocaust, Berlin has ‘perpetual task’ to stand up for Israel; questions ‘shameful’ lack of condemnation of terror attacks from PA, will ban Hamas activities

By AP and ToI Staff

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

Illustrative: People attend a rally of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) marking the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Dresden, eastern Germany on February 24, 2023. (AFP)

July 15, 2023, 12:20 am

German leader confident surging far-right party will fall again before next election

As polls give Alternative for Germany (AfD) 20% of the vote, ahead of Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats, chancellor predicts it will fall back to 10%

By Frank Jordans

File: Israeli soldiers walk near an Iron Dome defense system (L), a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the MIM-104 Patriot (C), and an anti-ballistic missile the Arrow 3 (R) during Juniper Cobra's joint exercise press briefing at Hatzor Air Base in central Israel, on February 25, 2016. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP)

June 14, 2023, 9:42 pm

Germany okays $4.3 billion purchase of Israel’s Arrow 3 anti-missile system

Long-range interceptor can shoot down missiles above atmosphere, help protect European neighbors; decision to expand capabilities made in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Peter WUETHERICH

Alice Weidel, co-faction leader of the Alternative for Germany party, delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

June 4, 2023, 3:52 am

Germany’s centrist parties alarmed as poll shows growing support for far right

Survey shows Alternative for Germany party on par with Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats, a steep gain since the 2021 election

By AP

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

May 26, 2023, 11:24 am

Man breaches German chancellor’s security, gives him a hug

Incident occurs as Olaf Scholz prepared to board a plane at Frankfurt Airport

By AP