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US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital reverberates in Germany

researcher6 years ago6 years ago017 mins

Following President Trump’s announcement to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and thereby officially recognise the city as the Israeli capital has sparked strong reactions across the world. Western European leaders, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, have generally taken a critical stance. They point to the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian accords, which had left the final…

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Mosques are ‘land grab, not a place of prayer’, says German intellectual Ralph Giordano

researcher15 years ago15 years ago02 mins

The building of huge mosques throughout Germany is nothing short of a “a bid for power and influence, a land grab”, according to Ralph Giordano, 85, the German Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, in an interview with The Times that is likely to stir Muslim anger. The comments from Mr Giordano came as the Muslim…

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