Read More Atheist Republic Germany’s ruling coalition and main opposition parties agreed to pass a resolution in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, on antisemitism that will see the parliament describe Muslim antisemitism as a driver of the problem for the first time.
German MPs to name Muslim Jew-hatred as antisemitism vector https://t.co/9JYxPdFp7S via @JNS_org
— Elder of Ziyon (@elderofziyon) November 4, 2024
The draft resolution, which will also be non-binding, also calls to end public funding for entities that engage in antisemitism or seek to boycott Israel while also reaffirming Germany’s unwavering support for the Jewish state.
The agreement to support the draft resolution on Muslim antisemitism follows a long negotiation between the left-wing coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the right-wing opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Unlike multiple laws and resolutions passed by the Bundestag on antisemitism, the draft resolution explicitly references antisemitism from Muslim-majority immigrants in Germany. Such a move is considered controversial in Germany, where mass migration from the Middle East and North Africa is a major issue between the left and the right, which have opposing views on immigration.
Traveling across some countries , I am witnessing alarming levels of antisemitism. The hatred is from people who have never met a Jew. Never visited Israel, never met an Arab Israeli and have no deep understanding of the conflict, its history and origins, nor the closer to 10…
— Soraya M. Deen, MA (@SoooMD) November 5, 2024
“In recent months, the alarming extent of antisemitism has become apparent, based on immigration from the countries of North Africa and the Near and Middle East, where antisemitism and hostility toward Israel are widespread, also due to Islamist and anti-Israel state indoctrination” the draft resolution read.
Titled “Never Again Is Now: Protect, Preserve and Strengthen Jewish Life in Germany,” the text further states that the German government should continue to “actively support the existence and legitimate security interests of the State of Israel,” adding that Israel has the right to “defend itself against attacks that violate international law and thus the recognized duty to protect its citizens from terror while upholding its obligations under international law,”
“It must be ensured that no organization and project is financially supported if it spreads antisemitism, questions Israel’s right to exist, calls for a boycott of Israel or actively supports the BDS movement,” the draft resolution further read. A majority of Bundestag lawmakers passed a resolution in 2019 saying that the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel is antisemitic.
one could wonder why some Jews still live in Germany, but that’s immaterial to how all Jews, a people that doesn’t go and blow themselves up, should be able to live free of jihad. Therefore, my response to this post is “tell us something we don’t know!”
— The Kosher Red Pill (@KosherRedPill) November 4, 2024
“Legal loopholes should be closed,” the text states, adding that “in particular to criminal law as well as to residence, asylum, and citizenship law in order to ensure that antisemitism is combated as effectively as possible.”
The resolution also called for the German government to promote the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, further noting that the German government should “develop legally secure, particularly budgetary, regulations to ensure that projects and plans … with antisemitic goals and content are not funded.”
Some Jewish leaders welcomed the resolution, while it also prompted criticism from the Left.
“I hope it leads to positive developments on the ground vis-à-vis the religious freedom and security of the Jewish community in Germany, which is facing major challenges right now,” Gady Gronich, the CEO of the Conference of European Rabbis and the chief of staff of its president, Pinchas Goldchmidt, said.
The world is divided into two groups now.(1) Decent humans who despise Israel and Zionism for their racism and muderous actions.(2) The cunts.
— Eraso21 (@eraso21) November 4, 2024
“The antisemitism exists as a problem in this society, and then suddenly we have a new enemy: the Islamic antisemitism,” Kai Ambos, a prominent German jurist, said regarding the resolution.
“You have artists, scientists. This is a societal theme; it shouldn’t be at the discretion of lawmakers in parliament,” he added.
Ambos’s comments sparked criticism from Ahmad Mansour, an Arab-Israeli author living in Germany who has frequently spoken against left-wing and Islamic antisemitism. He called Ambos’s rationale “a dangerous mistake.”
“We should look at EVERY form of antisemitism and warn against it, both our own and that of immigrants,” Mansour wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter)