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German President: ‘Monstrous’ Financial Markets Need ‘Taming’
Horst Köhler blames bankers and traders for the economic crisis.
Purported Al-Qaeda Video Threatens, Flatters Germans Before Elections
“Abu Talha Al-Almani” calls on Germans to vote out Chancellor Merkel or face “bitter” consequences.
Renditions Program Poster Boy El-Masri Assaults German Mayor
Khaled El-Masri has a long history of violent crime and Jihadist associations but always escapes doing jail time.
Neo-Nazis Join Islamists at Al-Quds Day Demonstration in Berlin
It is misleading to describe Germany's contemporary Nazi groups as “right-wing."
David Irving and the Banality of Revisionism
A newspaper interview reveals that the notorious Holocaust revisionist’s views are now part of the European mainstream.
Germany’s Murky Role in the Shalit Negotiations
Are the Germans putting pressure on Israel on behalf of Hamas?
Afghanistan Issue Erupts in German Electoral Campaign
But don’t count on the New York Times to get the facts straight.
Inglourious Basterds: A German Fantasy, Not a ‘Jewish’ One
With millions of euros from the German government, the film depicts Jews slaughtering not Nazis, but ordinary German soldiers.
Germany’s Double Standard in War Crimes Trials
A trial recently completed in Munich has a bearing on the case of accused Nazi John Demjanjuk.
Why Did Germany Honor an Israel-Basher?
Felicia Langer was not awarded the "Federal Merit Cross, First Class" despite her anti-Israeli invective, but precisely because of it.
The Trouble with Mary Robinson
The anti-Israeli views of the Presidential Medal of Freedom winner are well-known. But little has been made of her controversial views on America.
German Daily: Bush Was Hitler
A new book compares the anti-Semitism that led to the notorious Dreyfus Affair in France to "Islamaphobia" in America that led to Guantanamo.
The Obama Administration’s Troubling Amnesia Regarding Germany
What was the president thinking when he asked the Germans to take prisoners from Guantanamo?
In Dresden, Obama Does Not Disappoint … Germans
Why the president's visit set off "downright jubilation" among the assembled Dresden residents.
How Does a Dead-Last French Cable Channel Nab a Sit-Down With Obama?
Obama provides an exclusive to a reporter best-known for on-air sobbing at the news of Bush's reelection.
The Demjanjuk Farce: Germany Prepares a Show Trial
Peons like Demjanjuk are targeted, while authentic Nazi war criminals live comfortably in Germany.
The Next Europe Trip: Will Obama Apologize for WWII?
The president's impending trip to Dresden may prove to be his most controversial yet.
The ‘Right-Wing Extremism’ Report and Europeanization
Artificially grafting German political categories onto the American scene.
Talking to the Taliban — Obama Style
The president is not the first person to float the idea of negotiating with so-called "moderate Taliban" — or the first to presume such a thing exists.
Waltz with Bashir : Euro-Funding Backs Israeli ‘Anti-War’ Film
By accusing Jews of complicity in “Nazi-like” crimes, Ari Folman’s film releases Germans from the heavy burden of their past.
Waltz with Bashir, Nazi Germany, and Israel
The Israeli-Nazi parallels in the Oscar-nominated film are music to the ears and balm for the souls of a German audience.
Did EU Official Really Blame Hamas for Gaza Violence?
Not really. His words were far gentler than those the media "reported."
UN ‘Expert’ Calls for Torture Trials Against Bush and Rumsfeld
The appeal to prosecute members of the former administration is built on a foundation of falsehoods.
Obama and the End of the Democracy Agenda
For the first time in decades, one very important word was conspicuously absent from an inaugural address.
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