New Politico owner says will enforce pro-Israel Policy

Politico's new owner, Germany's Axel Springer, expects the U.S. website to adhere to the parent company's principles including support for so-called Israel’s right to exist, Springer's CEO told The Wall Street Journal Friday.

Axel Springer said in August he is was buying Politico for more than $1 billion.

The chief executive of the Berlin-based company, Mathias Döpfner, has long said that support for Israel was "a German duty."
 

Politico staffers, however, will not be required to sign a written commitment to these principles, as employees in Germany must, Döpfner said.