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Council of Europe criticizes Germany for being too strict with interpretation of antisemitism

Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty visited Germany in October 2025, during which he said he saw increasing pressure on democratic freedoms and undue restrictions on peaceful protests.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A woman crosses an overpass as in background can be seen one of the German flags flying on the Reichstag building that houses the Bundestag (lower house of parliemant) on November 27, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
A NATO flag flies at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025.

Europe prepares plan to replace US command in NATO if Trump decides to leave - WSJ

The plan doesn't aim to rival NATO, but rather to give Europe the tools to preserve nuclear deterrence and military cohesion against Russia.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz and France’s President Emmanuel Macron walk at Alden Biesen castle, on the day of an informal European Union leaders retreat, Belgium, February 12, 2026.

Measured vs misguided: A tale of two undiplomatic statements - editorial

France claims to be a friend of Israel, but its actions belie that, whereas Germany is a friend, and its actions reflect that, even when it voices criticism.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A mass rally of Berliners took place in the Sportpalast, where Nazi Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and Gauleiter of Berlin, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, with ruthless frankness, described the danger facing Europe, 1943.

Were your ancestors Nazis? New research tool allows people to find out

Soon after the publication of the search engine, users took to social media to share their discoveries of Nazi ancestors.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Israel delivers autonomous BlueWhale mini-submarine to Germany in historic defense milestone

The IAI is a regular supplier to the German Army, having provided it with the Arrow 3 system, and has received an additional contract from the German Air Force.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026BySHIR PERETS, YONAH JEREMY BOB
The autonomous unmanned BlueWhale submarine.

Germany can no longer blame only the far Right for antisemitism - opinion

Germany still sees antisemitism as a far-right relic; the events after the October 7 massacre exposed a far more complex and uncomfortable reality.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026ByMARAL SALMASSI
Occupation Against Antisemitism occupied a building at the Technical University in Berlin

40,000-year-old markings may be the roots of script

German discovery of Stone Age art may reveal a precursor to writing

FEBRUARY 24, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The mammoth figurine from Vogelherd Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, bears multiple sequences of crosses and dots on its surface.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s real battlefield is TikTok, not the mosque - opinion

The West keeps trying to ban its way out of the Muslim Brotherhood problem – it needs a doctrine for actually competing with it.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026ByAVIRAM BELLAISHE
Imam Tawhidi, the Imam of Peace, at European Parliament conference on September 24, 2025.

Gaza 'genocide' comment prompts walkout by German minister at Berlin Film Festival

Also during the Berlin Film Festival, actor Channing Tatum was asked whether he'd join over 80 other Berlin Film Festival alumni in calling on organizers to take an official stance on Gaza.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian director Abdallah Alkhatib (L) and Algerian producer Taqiyeddine Issaad accept the GWFF Best Feature Film Debut Award for "Chronicles From the Siege" during the Award Ceremony of the 76th Berlinale on February 21, 2026.

Merz's CDU party unanimously adopts motion to end UNRWA funding, create rules for payments to PA

At the CDU congress, Merz's party approved a motion to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority until reforms are made, end EU/German subsidies to UNRWA, and ensure antisemitism compliance.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Chancellor Merz greets Merkel at CDU federal congress in Stuttgart, Feb 20, 2026.

‘When I didn’t have a voice, the film gave me one’: David, Ariel Cunio attend screening in Berlin

An updated version of Tom Shoval’s A Letter to David was screened at the 76th Berlinale, after an “incomplete version” of the film had its world premiere last year.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
David (L) and Ariel Cunio.

The old world order is dead: Israel must prepare for what comes next - opinion

As global rivalry intensifies and the post–Cold War order fades, Israel must navigate a dangerous and tricky new era shaped by antisemitism and regional threats.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByLEV STESIN
US secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference (MSC). During his speech, Rubio announced that the Old World Order was dead, the writer says, adding that now, Israel must find its place in what comes next.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Experience Israel’s history through Werner Braun’s lens at the Between Water and Sky exhibition at MUZA, Ramat Aviv.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByBARRY DAVIS
Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

The Munich moment that changed everything for Marco Rubio - opinion

From Venezuela to Tehran to Munich, Rubio is no longer just executing policy; he’s shaping a new world order.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio waves, next to Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger, as he gets a standing ovation after his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.