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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Steffen Seibert

Left to right: Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami seen on a stage set up by Hamas in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, before the terror group handed them over to the Red Cross, February 8, 2025 (Eyad Baba / AFP)
February 8, 2025, 2:56 pm
Health Ministry: Hostages suffering severe malnutrition; Herzog: Crime against humanity
Group of October 7 victims’ families says emaciated condition of Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami evokes Holocaust images * Ben Ami’s mom: ‘He looks like a skeleton’
By ToI Staff
Israeli protesters block a highway during a demonstration calling on the government to reach a deal with Hamas to bring home hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 18, 2024, 1:46 pm
Ambassadors, musicians headline rally highlighting plight of international hostages
Hillary Clinton sends video message; US, UK, German and Austrian envoys address crowd, along with Rachel Polin-Goldberg; Eden Golan, Netta Barzilai, Noga Erez perform
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Elon Musk during a live discussion on the social media platform X, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, September 18, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 21, 2023, 2:38 am
Unnoticed, Netanyahu promises a ‘minor correction’ with devastating consequences
PM was ambiguous on how much of the overhaul he regards as ‘bad,’ but adamant that he’ll change the way we choose judges * Why does FM object to Germany’s envoy watching our court?
By David Horovitz
Germany's Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert at the High Court of Justice hearing on the coalition's reasonableness law, September 12, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 18, 2023, 6:59 pm
Germany rebuffs Israeli anger after envoy attends High Court ‘reasonableness’ hearing
Jerusalem says behavior unacceptable, but Berlin retorts actions in line with diplomatic role; Scholz: ‘He has clear principles. Everyone knows that, including in Israel’
By Lazar Berman
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and US President Donald Trump on the first day of the G7 Summit, in La Malbaie, Canada, on June 8, 2018. (Leon Neal/Getty Images/AFP)
January 11, 2021, 4:15 pm
Germany’s Merkel calls Trump’s Twitter eviction ‘problematic’
Spokesman for German chancellor says decisions on restricting speech should be based in law, ‘not according to a decision by the management of social media platforms’
By AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, October 24, 2018. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
May 27, 2019, 5:31 pm
German chancellor Merkel commits to ensuring security for Jews with kippahs
Comment comes after anti-Semitism czar advises Jews not to wear religious headgear in certain areas, following an upsurge in attacks
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump smiles at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, after signing a proclamation formally recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2019. (AP/Susan Walsh)
April 10, 2019, 5:30 pm
Trump says Netanyahu election win means a ‘better chance for peace’
‘I think we’ll see some pretty good actions in terms of peace,’ US president says, as congratulations pour in for PM from right-wing world leaders
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators wave Palestinian, Turkish and Syrian flags in front of the Brandenburg Gate, next to the US embassy in Berlin on December 8, 2017, (AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL)
December 11, 2017, 3:40 pm
Germany ‘ashamed’ over anti-Israel protests
Government spokesman says constitutional right to free speech and assembly doesn’t cover incitement to racial hatred or violence
By AFP and ToI Staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during an election campaign of her Christian Democratic Union, CDU, and the Christian Social Union, CSU, in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, May 28, 2017. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP)
May 29, 2017, 3:55 pm
Merkel spokesman: Germany still seeking stronger US ties
Clarification comes after the German chancellor suggested that Europe can no longer entirely rely on America
By Agencies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, poses with carolers during a reception for carol singers from all over Germany at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
January 6, 2016, 2:25 am
Mass sexual assaults in Cologne test German openness to refugees
‘Lumping’ the New Year’s Eve attacks with the refugee issue ‘is nothing but exploitation,’ warns justice minister
By Deborah Cole
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (photo credit: CC BY European People's Party - EPP, Flickr)
October 24, 2013, 7:59 am
Merkel to Obama: Stop tapping my phone ‘immediately’
Washington denies it monitors the German chancellor’s conversations, but will look into Berlin’s concerns
By Geir Moulson and John-Thor Dahlburg
Turkish lawyers march in support of anti-government protests in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
June 12, 2013, 10:50 pm
Turkish government open to referendum to end protests
Erdogan meets with protest representatives; nationwide vote on development plan possible way out of crisis
June 12, 2013, 6:50 pm
Lawyers rail at police response to Turkey protests
Jurists demonstrate against government’s alleged rough treatment of dozens of their colleagues during a Tuesday rally
By Jamey Keaten and Suzan Fraser
An Israeli ZAKA emergency rescue team at the site of the terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, on July 19, 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)
February 6, 2013, 9:49 pm
Germany warns Hezbollah of ‘consequences’
Bulgarian investigation finds terror group responsible for bombing that killed six
By Aaron Kalman
Illustrative photo of a Type-209 attack submarine (photo credit: Martín Otero/Wikimedia Commons)
September 4, 2012, 10:58 am
Berlin denies reported submarine sales to Egypt would affect ties with Jerusalem
Germany’s commitment to Israel’s security remains untouched, government spokesperson says, without confirming plans to sell Cairo two attack subs
By Raphael Ahren
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