Current sectionWorld NewsEuropeAnalysis Germany's 'special responsibility for Israel' may have cost it a seat on the United Nations Security Council, according to the country's foreign minister. Perhaps it's time to reassess what that post-Holocaust relationship should look likeShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe02:16 PM • June 06 2026 IDTApparently sausages, ice cream and a jazz band weren't enough to win Germany a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council – not when Israel is involved.Trending NowNetanyahu Says IDF Won't Withdraw From Southern Lebanon in the Near FuturePoll: Eisenkot Party Continues to Rise, Blocs Remain Deadlocked'We Confuse Them': BDS Can't Decide What to Do About This Israeli BandSolution to Hezbollah Drones Exists – Is the IDF Ready for the Next Threat?In Israel's Army, Murdering a Child Is Fine, but an Affair Is Reason to Be FiredCommentsIn the NewsIran War Pushing Millions Into Hunger, UN Food Agency SaysBefore the Settler Abused the Dog, He Beat the Palestinian Family Who Owns ItHow Venture Capitalist Michael Eisenberg Became a Powerful Netanyahu ConfidantU.S. Strikes Iran Radar Sites After Tehran Launches Drones at U.S. VesselsForget Bibi and October 7: This Year's Election Should Be About the HaredimRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure