German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives face their second electoral test this month on Sunday when they hope to unseat the center-left Social Democrats, their coalition partner at the national level, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.[#item_full_content]

Israeli official says EU sanctions reveal antisemitism hiding behind ‘socially acceptable mask’
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister accuses the EU of weaponizing a “socially acceptable mask” of anti-Zionism to target the Jewish state — after Brussels sanctioned Israeli