Alon Sahar

"By conflating Jewish safety with political alignment to Israel's far-right policies and downplaying Palestinian suffering, she risks undermining the trust of European Jewish communities" .

"in practice" she had at times acted in ways closely aligned with the Netanyahu government and Europe's pro-Israel lobby.

29 European Jewish and Israeli
organizations submitted a formal complaint against
von Schnurbein. "She has overstretched her mandate,"
said Berlin-based Alon Sahar, a policy analyst on Israel-German relations and co-founder of Israelis for Peace,
one of the groups in the coalition.

Another allegation against von Schnurbein concerns
the exclusion of left-wing and non-Zionist Jewish
groups from forums organized by the European
Commission, which critics say contradicts her
mandate, and lacks accountability and transparency.

Several Commission sources confirmed to Haaretz that
von Schnurbein was involved in drafting the comission's negative response to Amnesty's report on Israeli Apartheid, and took pride in it.

Her office drafted a proposal to ban the
Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera in Europe, after it was
outlawed by Israel. After the idea sparked outrage
among other Commission officials, it was quickly
shelved and never formally introduced.

Before and after October 7, von Schnurbein has been
fostering ties with Israeli lobbying groups in Europe,
primarily with ELNET, an NGO that describes its mission as pursuing "long-term strategic partnerships" between Europe
and Israel and "empowering friends of Israel."

"How the European Union's Antisemitism Czar Became an 'Unofficial Israeli Ambassador'"?

🧵 I've had the pleasure of speaking with @haaretzcom.bsky.social reporter @davidiss.bsky.social about KVS's breach of mandate. Here are some highlights from the investigative report:

Leak: Eine Anleitung für Schmerzgriffe Berliner Polizeikräfte lernen, wie sie Demonstrierenden möglichst effektiv Schmerzen zufügen können. Das belegen bisher geheime Ausschnitte aus einem Handbuch.

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„In der Polizei Berlin werden keine Schmerzgriffe ausgebildet“, behauptete die Berliner Polizeipräsidentin. Wir veröffentlichen jetzt ein Handbuch, das belegt: Berliner Polizeikräfte lernen, wie sie Demonstrierenden möglichst effektiv Schmerzen zufügen können. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

The #AcademicFreedom Committees of BRISMES and the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) strongly condemn the Israeli military attack on #Birzeit University on 6 January 2026.

Read our statement in full: bit.ly/Birzeit_200126

Insecurity Insight on health care attacks: Documents more than 3,000 incidents affecting medical access since October 2023.

Israeli media and Gaza coverage: Examines systematic filtering of civilian suffering on Israel’s main commercial TV channel.

OHCHR on the occupied West Bank: Finds systemic discrimination under dual legal regimes and warns of apartheid risk.

NAFFO Closed-door briefing links NGO Monitor and UN Watch narratives directly to MPs.

Government reply to Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag Kleine Anfrage: Anchors security cooperation with Israel in an “immutable core,” limiting scrutiny.

Subscribers received the full issue by email earlier today. Non subscribers can open the link below.

More on this edition:

NAFFO on Christians in the Holy Land: Frames insecurity and demographic decline largely as external to Israel.

🧵 SRM #8
After sustained political attacks on UNRWA, the AfD is now extending the same suspicion framework ICRC. This is not just another budget inquiry. It applies a security logic previously used against NGOs to a core humanitarian institution protected under international humanitarian law.

Nothing to see here, nur der jetzige Außenminister in einem 2017 veröffentlichten Werbevideo für die Netanjahu-nahe Lobby-Organisation ELNET. Im gleichen Jahr ist er auch mit der anderen Israel-Lobby-Gruppe NAFFO nach Israel gereist : Quelle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oc0...

Ergänzung zur Recherche zur Israel-Lobby und der Linkspartei: Andreas Büttner, heutiger Antisemitismusbeauftragter in Brandenburg, war nach eigenen Angaben kurzzeitig Geschäftsführer des rechten Vereins ELNET – unmittelbar bevor er in die Linkspartei eintrat. Fund von @beplaceless.bsky.social

Staatsräson Monitor #7: Overdue wake-up call on Israeli-aligned advocacy networks German-Israeli relations. Story tips here: srmonitornl[at]gmail.com

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Members of Bundestag were invited by NAFFO and EIPA to a briefing titled “Gaza: Genocide Allegations and the Power of Disinformation” by Professor Danny Orbach, a war historian and researcher at BESA, around his study “Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Re-examination of the Israel-Hamas War.”

Staatsräson Monitor #7: Overdue wake-up call on Israeli-aligned advocacy networks German-Israeli relations. Story tips here: srmonitornl[at]gmail.com

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Similarly, a Christen an der Seite Israels (CSI) article presents a “fact check” of four major accusations against Israel since 7 October 2023, namely apartheid, deliberate starvation, genocide, and inflated casualty figures.

A position paper published by NAFFO titled “Addressing Current Misunderstandings About Israel” presents what it describes as a fact-based response to three recurring criticisms of Israel: allegations of genocide in Gaza, settler violence in the West Bank, and the treatment of Christians in Israel.

Several so-called “fact checks” circulated this past month from Israel-aligned networks operating in Germany. The latest Staatsräson Monitor edition reviews them. Short descriptions below, and our analysis is in the link.

#IsraelFiles Today a Europe-wide investigation into leaked documents from Israel’s Justice Ministry, which I co-led, is going public. We show how Israel spent millions on foreign lawyers to undermine international law & shield the settlement project, war criminals abroad. Will post all articles here

Lobbyorganisation Elnet: Meinungs­bildungsreisen nach Israel Elnet lobbyiert für die israelische Regierung. Über hundert deutsche Abgeordnete reisten nach Israel mit dem Verein, der Verbindungen zu Siedlern und Trump-Fans hat.

Wie die Israel-Lobby-Organisation ELNET die Staatsräson zementiert: Unsere Recherche in der @taz.de über ihren außergewöhnlichen Einfluss auf die deutshe Politik, die Waffendiplomatie, die sie betreibt, & über die Siedler und Trump-Anhänger, die für diesen Verein arbeiten oder spenden.

Germany’s Foreign Office Reform Could Skew Its Israel-Palestine Policy Even Further: How To Contain the Consequences Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has launched what Spiegel describes as the most far reaching restructuring of the Federal Foreign Office in decades.

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**My take on what the AA reforms could mean for Israel and Palestine**

I spoke with former and current ministry staff, civil society partners, and humanitarian organizations and brought their insights together in a special SRM edition.

Staatsräson Monitor #6 - Ceasefire Realities & The Myth of “Voluntary Migration” German-Israeli relations - From Insomnia to Insight. Story tips here: srmonitornl[at]gmail.com

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NAFFO calls for dismantling UNRWA, ending Palestinian refugee status, and an international force to disarm Hamas.

....and SRM analysis finds ~11.6% of Gaza’s population killed or removed since Oct 2023, warning that Europe’s silence risks enabling coerced population transfer.

€2 billion German deal for Israeli Spike missiles confirmed through EuroSpike, one of the largest Israeli defence contracts in Europe.

Abraham Accords push in Berlin: ELNET & AAI advocate expanding normalization and propose an Abraham Accords Secretariat in Abu Dhabi–Berlin–Brussels.