The established Jewish community has largely favoured the Christian Democratic Union to lead Germany, but many Jewish activists have criticized the government’s insistence on maintaining strong business and diplomatic ties with the Iranian regime under Social Democratic Party's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stunning election victory surprised the nation and shocked the media “experts” who were already writing his obituaries...writes Isi Leibler.
Forget pollsters. These days, to get a sense of an Israeli politician’s popularity among the electorate, the place to go is his or her Facebook and YouTube video portals...writes Orit Afra/JNS.0rg
