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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Olaf Scholz

Forensic officers examine a damaged vehicle at the site of a car-ramming attack in Mannheim, southwestern Germany, March 3, 2025. (Thomas Lohnes / AFP)
March 3, 2025, 9:51 pm
Two dead, five hurt as car rams into crowd at carnival in southwestern German city
German man, 40, detained at the scene in Mannheim; police say no suspicion of political background to latest in spate of attacks that have fueled far-right support
By Sam Reeves and Jastinder KHERA
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel, second from left, and other top party officials applaud after German television publishes the first exit polls in the German general elections, during the electoral evening in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. (Soeren Stache / Pool / AFP)
February 23, 2025, 9:20 pm
German exit polls give conservatives lead, as far right has best post-war showing
Chancellor Olaf Scholz bemoans his Social Democrats’ ‘bitter’ result, congratulates Friedrich Merz, whose coalition prospects are uncertain due to ‘fire-wall’ around AfD
By Agencies
A ballot box is sealed with the electoral seal of the German State of Bavaria in Memmelsdorf, Germany, Feb. 23, 2025, during the national election. (Pia Bayer/dpa via AP)
February 23, 2025, 10:31 am
Germans head to voting booths with far-right expected to surge
Polls predict Alternative for Germany party set to become second largest in Bundestag, but other factions vow to boycott it
By Geir Moulson
A man in northern Israel holds a sign portraying Shiri Silberstein Bibas, whose body Hamas falsely claimed to have released, and her sons, Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir, whose remains were in fact handed over, on February 20, 2025. His sign reads 'The Bibas family: We will not forgive and we will not forget!' (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
February 21, 2025, 2:30 pm
US threatens ‘annihilation’ after Hamas returns bodies of Bibas boys without their mother
Argentina declares 2 days of mourning as terror group returns bodies of dual-citizens Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir, along with body that Hamas falsely claimed was mother Shiri Bibas
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk (L) is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on January 25, 2025. (AFP)
February 16, 2025, 3:47 pm
Germany’s far-right AfD party, shunned by Berlin, basks in Elon Musk’s spotlight
Billionaire Trump confidant insults Chancellor Scholz and lavishes endorsements on far-right party, which commands some 20% in polls, as Germany barrels toward Feb. 23 election
By Frank Zeller and Femke COLBORNE
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends an event titled 'Day of Remembrance 80 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz - What Now?' on January 19, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
January 20, 2025, 11:31 am
Germany must never ‘turn the page’ on the Holocaust, says Scholz
Speaking at Jewish community event to mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, chancellor notes ‘worrying and alarming normalization’ of antisemitism
By AFP and ToI Staff
Policemen secure the area around the venue of a congress of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as demonstrators protesting against the party put up banners reading 'Not up for Nazis' on January 11, 2025 in Riesa, eastern Germany (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
January 11, 2025, 1:51 pm
Far-right AfD’s party convention draws protests as Germany heads into election
Officers partly break up sit-in, fireworks thrown at cops on sidelines of another demonstration as party members gather to nominate Alice Weidel as candidate for chancellor
By AP
Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington DC, November 13, 2024. (Allison Robbert/POOL/AFP)
December 30, 2024, 3:43 pm
Germany says Musk trying to influence election after he backs far-right party
In opinion piece published in major newspaper over weekend, world’s richest person writes Alternative for Germany is ‘last spark of hope’ for country
By Agencies
US President Jimmy Carter, center, is flanked by Prime Minister Menachem Begin (right) and Egypt's President Anwar Sadat as they faced newsmen at the conclusion of their discussions toward Middle East Peace moves at Carter's Camp David retreat in Maryland in September 1978. (AP Photo)
December 30, 2024, 11:35 am
PM on Carter’s death: Israel-Egypt peace treaty ‘offers hope for future generations’
Terse message underscores tensions between Jerusalem and the former US president who became a fierce critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Agencies
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech on his decision to dissolve the parliament at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on December 27, 2024. (John MacDougall / AFP)
December 27, 2024, 1:44 pm
Germany’s president dissolves parliament, national election set for February 23
Polls show conservative Union bloc outpacing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left SDP party, while far-right AfD performing strongly despite ostracism by other parties
By David McHugh
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
December 16, 2024, 9:13 pm
German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, setting up early elections
Center-left leader to remain as interim chancellor after losing vote 394-207; election set for February with no parties close to majority in polls
By Geir Moulson
An AfD election poster for the European elections reading 'Our country first' is fixed on a pole in Frankfurt, Germany, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst), File)
December 3, 2024, 4:35 pm
Far-right German AfD says it will replace radical youth wing ahead of snap elections
Party’s neo-Nazi-linked Junge Alternative youth organization, classified as extremist by intelligence agencies, is set to be replaced, but critics say move is ‘smoke and mirrors’
By AFP
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement after a meeting with government leaders in Berlin, Germany, November 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
November 8, 2024, 11:23 pm
Germany’s Scholz urges calm from party leaders after coalition collapse
German premier, who fired finance minister, triggering upheaval, faces calls for an election in January rather than March; could see challenge from within own party
By Christian Kraemer and Andreas Rinke
Member of the executive committee of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Aydan Özoguz arrives for talks at the party headquarters in Berlin on June 03, 2019. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
October 20, 2024, 3:11 pm
German MP from Scholz’s party apologizes for sharing post accusing Israel of genocide
Aydan Ozoguz says post, which also included unverified claims about recent Israeli airstrike in Gaza, ‘hurt the feelings of fellow citizens who stand up for peaceful coexistence’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) shake hands following a joint press conference after their meeting at the Dolmabahce Presidental Office in Istanbul on October 19, 2024. (Ozan KOSE / AFP)
October 19, 2024, 10:24 pm
Scholz, Erdogan clash over Mideast war as they progress on sale of fighter jets
German chancellor rejects Turkish leader’s claim Israel committing genocide in Gaza, asserts Jewish state has right to defend itself, calls for ceasefire-hostage deal
By AFP
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