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German conservatives come first in election, trailed by far right, exit polls show

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Merz and the CDU/CSU bloc on their projected election victory on his personal X/Twitter on Sunday evening.

 German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.
 Israeli Labor Party leader MK Merav Michaeli is seen at a Knesset meeting, in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023.

Political leaders across the world worried over Israel's judicial reform - Michaeli

 Jamal El-Haj is a Swedish politician, trade unionist and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature.

Swedish MP’s participation in Hamas-tied conference sparks uproar

 Sweden's Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson delivers a speech after being elected as party leader of the Social Democratic Party at the party's congress, in Gothenburg, Sweden, November 4, 2021

Social Democrat leader to become Sweden's first woman prime minister


Woman in Germany says neighbor tried to break in after hearing Hebrew

The Israeli, 26-year-old Coral Guter, told police that the May 3 incident happened days after Katrin Wengler overheard Guter speaking Hebrew on the phone days earlier.

People rest at the east side Gallery in Berlin, Germany March 17, 2020

Did Sean Hannity use an antisemitic trope in 'Bolshevik Bernie' tweet?

In far-right politics, the antisemitic canards of "Jewish Bolshevism" and "Jewish Communism" are catchwords falsely asserting that communism is a Jewish conspiracy.

Sean Hannity from Fox News looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the JW Marriott hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 28, 2019.

Young Social Democrats want Germany to stop its anti-Israel votes at UN

Jusos urged Germany to "dissociate from the initiatives and alliances of antisemitic member states in the bodies and specialized agencies of the United Nations.

Parliamentary leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Thomas Oppermann (L) chats with party fellow Martin Schulz before a party board meeting in Berlin February 17, 2014.

Germany's Merkel, planning to serve full term, backs under-fire protegee

"As a person, I have a strong personal interest in my health and, as I said, 2021 is the conclusion of my political work," Merkel told reporters.

Angela Merkel gestures during a cabinet meeting in Berlin

On his birthday, Trump vows U.S. will ‘never be a socialist country’

US President Donald Trump celebrated his 73’d birthday on Friday, will get a greeting card “from all Americans.”

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at supporters before boarding Air Force One after addressing a Trump 2020 re-election campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 20, 2019

Nazi hunter: German Social Democrats appeased Iranian Holocaust deniers

Efraim Zuroff accepting the Fiddler on the Roof award in Moscow-December 2018

Bernie Sanders criticized for hypocrisy for profits from best-selling book

Sanders responded to backlash at his financial success from his 2016 best-selling book, saying that "if you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire, too."

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes the stage at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., March 10, 2019.

Top German social democrat urges bank to end Israel boycott support

Engelmeier’s call for the bank to stop its BDS business is the first instance of a federal-level politician in Germany weighing in on the bank.

Michaela Engelmeier

German conservatives seek to allay SPD fears over coalition deal

SPD leader Martin Schulz and other senior figures in the party are touring Germany to sell the blueprint.

Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) Horst Seehofer and Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz shake hands during a news conference.