Europe: Anti-Israel Protests Descend into Anti-Semitism

by Soeren Kern
May 20, 2021 at 5:00 am

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17389/europe-anti-semitism-protests

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The current crisis of anti-Semitism is a testament to the failure of European multiculturalism, which is making Jewish life in Europe increasingly unviable.
"Open, disgusting hatred of Jews and Israel, but not only: It was also hatred of our free, tolerant democracy." — Peter Wilke, correspondent, Bild.
"It is astonishing that, only 76 years after the Shoah, many people fail to understand that the Jewish state cannot accept a threat to its existence without being able to defend itself. The anti-Semitic attacks of the past few days have once again made it clear how fragile Jewish life is in Germany." — Andrei Kovacs, managing director, "321-2021: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany."
"Angela Merkel's refugee policy, which no longer bothers to identify true war refugees, has imported hundreds of thousands of times an ideology that focuses on the Jew as an eternal enemy... Too many streets were in the hands of people at the weekend who want a different Germany, a country without Jews." — Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief, Bild.
"A large part of this mob consists of people who came here as refugees and brought their hatred of Jews with them and continued to expand it here." — Michal Kornblum, German commentator.
"German politicians have not understood that immigration from Iraq and Syria, from the Arab countries, also brings more anti-Semitism to Germany. Anyone who says that is immediately branded as right wing and there is no fair discussion or debate about it." — German-Egyptian political scientist and author Hamed Abdel-Samad, Die Welt.
"In the end, not even schools can talk about anti-Semitism or the Middle East conflict. Or about Erdogan or about Islamism. Even at universities, Muslim students refuse to speak about such topics. Universities should be a safe haven for opinions. But for many Muslim students, universities are now safe spaces from opinions and criticism, even though that is where we have to start." — German-Egyptian political scientist and author Hamed Abdel-Samad, Die Welt.
"This isn't about Gaza. We've never seen such hate after any Western action in Syria or Afghanistan. No British crowds marching through malls to protest airstrikes in Iraq. This is bigotry in its most ugly, rawest form. Gaza is an excuse to find a socially acceptable way to publicly express Jew-hatred while pretending that your hate is righteous.... Arab persecution of Palestinians is ignored by the anti-Israel crowd as well." — Elder of Ziyon blog.

On May 13, a highly aggressive group of at least 200 people brandishing Palestinian and Turkish flags and shouting anti-Semitic slurs gathered in front of a synagogue in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Police were deployed to prevent the mob from entering the building. Pictured: Policemen guard the Gelsenkirchen synagogue during a vigil of the Initiative against Anti-Semitism Gelsenkirchen on May 14, 2021. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in cities across Europe have descended into unrestrained orgies of anti-Semitism after protesters opposed to Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip openly called for the destruction of Israel and death to Jews.

The protesters, numbering in the tens-to-the-hundreds of thousands, include a hodgepodge of anarchists, hard-left anti-Israel activists and immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa. Many demonstrators — carrying flags of Muslim countries, including Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey and Syria, as well as the green flag of the Islamist terrorist group Hamas and the black flag of global Jihad — have shouted Islamist chants such as 'Allahu Akhbar' ('Allah is the Greatest'), and have openly called for Jews to be murdered or raped.

The anti-Semitic nature of the anti-Israel protests is further evidenced by there having been no anti-China protests, despite overwhelming evidence that massive human rights abuses are being carried out by the Chinese Communist Party against millions of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

Pro-Palestinian protesters, who also have been silent about the plight of Muslims in Afghanistan, Iran, Syria or Yemen, among other places, clearly are exercising selective outrage with their single-minded concern for Muslim human rights in Gaza.

The spiraling anti-Semitism, and the apparent inability or unwillingness of European governments to stop it, has sounded alarm bells among Jewish communities in Europe, where anti-Jewish hatred is reaching levels not seen since the Second World War.

The violence has also shed renewed light on the consequences of mass migration to Europe from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and especially on the failure of governments to require newcomers to integrate into European society.

Some European lawmakers and security officials are now calling for migrants who commit anti-Semitic hate crimes to be deported back to their countries of origin. Given the iron grip of political correctness in Europe, this is unlikely to happen. In any event, it may be too little, too late for Europe's Jewish communities. The current crisis of anti-Semitism is a testament to the failure of European multiculturalism, which is making Jewish life in Europe increasingly unviable.

Germany: Ground Zero for Anti-Semitism in Europe

Since the clashes between Israel and Hamas began on May 9, anti-Semitic protests have been held in dozens of cities across Germany, where mostly Arab and Turkish protesters have been chanting anti-Israeli slogans, burning Israeli flags and threatening Jews.

The current wave of protests appears to have begun in earnest on May 13, when a highly aggressive group of at least 200 people brandishing Palestinian and Turkish flags and shouting anti-Semitic slurs gathered in front of a synagogue in Gelsenkirchen. Police were deployed to prevent the mob from entering the building.

North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul vowed to prosecute the perpetrators:

"I find it unbearable when anti-Semitic slogans are chanted on German soil. Our police are pursuing the perpetrators with all resoluteness so that they can be punished."

Synagogues and Jewish memorials have also been attacked in Bonn, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Münster and Solingen.

In Berlin, on May 15, at least 3,500 protesters gathered in different parts of the city to denounce Israel and Jews. Some brandished anti-Semitic slogans — "Israel Child Killers" and "Stop Doing What Hitler Did to You" — and chanted "Bomb Tel Aviv!"

Some held banners describing Israel as a "genocidal settler state" and Zionism as racism. Others openly rejected Israel's right to exist. A large red banner stated: "Palestine is sick and tired of paying the price for Europe's Holocaust of the Jews." Other banners called for the total elimination of Israel, which would be replaced by a "free Palestine" from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Protesters attacked an Israeli film crew reporting on the protests.

Nearly 1,000 police officers were deployed to break up the demonstrations. They were pelted with stones, bottles and firecrackers. A total of 93 officers were injured in the melees.

Correspondent Peter Wilke, who was assaulted by the mob, said that most of the protesters were Arabs or Turks. Writing for the German newspaper Bild, he reported that the protests in Berlin were "a new dimension of hatred and violence." He added: "Open, disgusting hatred of Jews and Israel, but not only: It was also hatred of our free, tolerant democracy. Uninhibitedly displayed!"

Anti-Israel protests also took place in Bremen, Cologne, Frankfurt, Göttingen, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Osnabrück and many other German cities, where demonstrators chanted anti-Jewish slogans and burned Israeli flags.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is partially responsible for the anti-Semitic protests taking place in Germany:

"These protests are predominated not by the far right, but rather by those who are Muslim oriented and provoked by the brutal speeches of President Erdoğan and others who believe that clashes must spread to German streets. If they do not possess German citizenship or permanent residence permits and if the laws allow, these people should leave our country."

Gerhard Schindler, a former head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, warned that a red line of anti-Semitism had been crossed and that it cannot be ignored. In an interview Bild, he urged the government to deport migrants who commit anti-Semitic hate crimes in Germany:

"The developments of the last few days are frightening and unbearable because they violate the German raison d'etre [Staatsräson]. Burning flags, throwing stones at synagogues, shouting anti-Semitic hate slogans on German soil — this is simply incompatible with our history.

"Of course, we must not downplay anti-Semitism within the German population. But the anti-Semitism that we are seeing now among migrants is a fact that we have to face.

"These people disregard our hospitality in two ways. On the one hand, by committing anti-Semitic crimes — insulting, threatening, depriving Israel of its right to exist. And secondly, by violating our basic socio-political consensus, namely that no anti-Semitic agitation should take place on German soil.

"This is not a trivial offense. It affects the DNA of the German understanding of the state.

"The security authorities can only address the symptoms. The basic cause of this problem is a social problem that everyone must address.

"It is not enough that we address this fact openly. We also have to get those who abuse our hospitality out of the country.

"We need these people to be better integrated. They are here, and we have to take care of them. But those who do not allow themselves to be helped must be removed from the country."

Scores of German political leaders have condemned the anti-Semitism. Apart from platitudes, however, few appear able or willing to take effective measures to remedy the problem — presumably because it would require them to admit that German multiculturalism is a failure.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose open-door migration policies have greatly contributed to the current situation, has so far refused to personally make a statement on the anti-Semitic violence raging in Germany. Instead, she had her spokesman, Steffen Seibert, issue an anodyne declaration, summarized in the following tweet:

"Chancellor #Merkel sharply condemned the missile attacks against #Israel and anti-Semitic incidents in Germany. Our democracy will not tolerate anti-Semitic rallies."

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said:

"Our Basic Law guarantees the right to freedom of expression and freedom of demonstration. But anyone who burns flags with the Star of David on our streets and shouts anti-Semitic slogans not only abuses the freedom to demonstrate, but also commits crimes that must be prosecuted.

"Nothing justifies the threat to Jews in Germany or attacks on synagogues in German cities. Hatred of Jews — regardless of whom — we do not want and will not tolerate in our country."

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, one of Europe's leading apologists for Iran's Islamic regime, which is dedicated to the elimination of Israel, said:

"All of us are called on to make it very clear that it is unacceptable if Jews in Germany — either in the streets or on social media — are made responsible for the events in the Middle East."

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer issued a vague threat to crack down on anti-Semitism:

"We will not tolerate the burning of Israeli flags on German soil and attacks on Jewish facilities. Anyone who spreads anti-Semitic hatred will feel the full force of the law. Germany must not be a safe haven for terrorists. The security authorities are wide awake and do everything to protect the people in our country. Jews in Germany must never again live in fear."

German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht said:

"This anti-Semitic hatred is shameful. I condemn the most recent attacks on Jewish synagogues and the burning of Israel flags here in Germany. The perpetrators must be identified and held accountable. Synagogues and Jewish institutions must be consistently and comprehensively protected."

Wolfgang Schäuble, Speaker of the German Bundestag, added:

"Our country protects the freedom of expression and people can criticize Israel's policies and protest against them, but there is no justification for anti-Semitism, hatred and violence. We will not allow the conflict to be carried on here at the expense of Jewish Germans."

Berlin Mayor Michael Müller, a major proponent of mass migration to Germany, tweeted:

"The violent riots at the demonstrations in Neukölln are unacceptable and intolerable for a free and cosmopolitan metropolis — and they have no place in our society. We will take a resolute stand against violence, anti-Semitism, hatred and agitation and protect the people who are affected by it."

Meanwhile, Germany in 2021 is marking 1,700 years of Jewish life in the country, which is now home to approximately 200,000 Jews. Andrei Kovacs, a Jewish-Hungarian descendant of Holocaust survivors, and who is managing director of the association, "321-2021: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany," questioned the continued viability of a Jewish presence in Germany:

"Sadly, what we are experiencing these days is part of a recurring pattern. Unfortunately, living with anti-Semitically motivated hostility to Israel is part of the everyday normality for German Jews. For many years it has been tolerated and often even supported by numerous people and organizations. As soon as Israel is forced to defend its existence, these forms of anti-Semitism break out again.

"It is astonishing that, only 76 years after the Shoah, many people fail to understand that the Jewish state cannot accept a threat to its existence without being able to defend itself.

"The anti-Semitic attacks of the past few days have once again made it clear how fragile Jewish life is in Germany — and how resentments can be misused for political purposes...

"Unfortunately, when you see the pictures from Gelsenkirchen and other cities in Germany, it doesn't feel like a respectful coexistence."

United Kingdom

In London, a motorcade of cars with Palestinian flags drove past a Jewish community center on Finchley Road. A man, using a megaphone, shouted: "F*ck the Jews, f*ck their daughters, f*ck their mothers, rape their daughters and free Palestine."

At the same time, an estimated 100,000 people gathered in downtown London, where many chanted, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." One protester was filmed tearing apart an Israeli flag after he was unable to light it on fire because it was raining. An on-duty uniformed female police officer joined the protesters and shouted, "Free, free Palestine!"

Later, dozens of members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamist movement dedicated to establishing an Islamic caliphate, waved the black flag of Islamic Jihad and held signs calling for "Muslim Armies" to "liberate" Jerusalem. A large banner stated: "Whole of Palestine is occupied and all of it must be liberated." One protester openly called for jihad:

"This goes out to the Muslim armies. What are you waiting for? Jihad is your responsibility. Wipe out the Zionist entity. How dare they occupy Muslim lands. How dare they. Have you no honor? We, the Muslims in the West, are with you. We don't fear anyone but Allah."

In Manchester, a mob carrying Palestinian flags gathered in front a bagel shop at Arndale Center, a large shopping mall, where the crowd appeared to be targeting Jewish shoppers.

As in Germany, politicians in Britain have condemned the anti-Semitism, but few appear to know how to stop it from spreading.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted:

"There is no place for antisemitism in our society. Ahead of Shavuot [a Jewish holiday], I stand with Britain's Jews who should not have to endure the type of shameful racism we have seen today."

Conservative MP Christian Wakeford said:

"As the Member with the largest Jewish community outside of London, I have been contacted by constituents scared to take their children to synagogue due to the appalling scenes on the streets of the UK over the weekend."

MP Robert Jenrick added:

"As the father of Jewish children it shocks me every time I take my children to synagogue or to their nursery to see individuals stood there in stab proof vests guarding the entrance to those places."

Elsewhere in Europe

Austria: In Vienna, pro-Palestinian protesters held signs stating, "Well done Israel, Hitler would be proud" and "The Nazis are still around, they call themselves Zionists now." Other signs read: "F*ck Zionism," "End Zionism," and "It is Kosher to boycott Israel." One protester shouted at pro-Israel counter-demonstrators: "Shove your Holocaust up your ass!"Dozens of people, including many youths, burst into applause.
Belgium: In Brussels, protesters chanted, "Khaybar, Khaybar, Jews, remember Khaybar, the army of Mohammed is returning." The chant refers to the seventh century when Muslims massacred and expelled Jews from the town of Khaybar, located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. It is a battle cry for attacking Jews. Protesters also shouted, "Death to Jews."
France: In Paris, thousands of people disobeyed a ban on protests. Mobs chanted slogans including "Death to Israel." Police used water cannons to disperse the crowds.
Greece: In Athens, police used tear gas and water cannons against hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the American and Israeli embassies. Protesters held signs accusing Israel of "ethnic cleansing." Other signs said: "Stop doing what Hitler did to you." A protester tweeted: "Until we free Palestine from the river to the sea, we will not stop." In Thessaloniki, leftist groups and anarchist collectives organized anti-Israel protests that were attended by at least 700 people.
The Netherlands: In Amsterdam, thousands of people protested against Israel at Dam Square, a central plaza that is the country's main monument in remembrance for those who died in the Second World War. They carried signs accusing Israel of genocide and vowed that, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." In The Hague, protestors shouted anti-Semitic slogans, including "Jews are a cancer" and "Heil Hitler."
Spain: In Madrid, thousands of hard left and Arab protesters, some chanting 'Allahu Akhbar' ('Allah is the Greatest'), gathered in the city center and falsely accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians. In Oleiros, a municipality in the northern Spanish region of Galicia, local officials, misusing outdoor municipal billboards, posted messages stating, "Zionist Terrorism in Palestine," called for Israeli leaders to be investigated for war crimes.

Select Commentary

Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper, in an essay titled, "Our Country is in Peril," wrote:

"What we saw on our streets on Saturday was nothing less than a historical threat. Enabled by our government, belittled by our public media, an anti-Semitic mob, which was clearly Arab-Muslim, marched through almost all major German cities and hatefully demanded the erasure of Israel.

"On Saturday I took my own pictures of the demos and came to the bitter realization: We who want Jewish life in our country are losing. We may be more numerically. But those who want Israel and Jewish life erased from us rule the streets whenever they want.

"They do not fear the police, they have nothing to fear from our federal government, they bring their children to these demonstrations and raise the next generation of Israel haters in Germany. Their youth culture and their rap music conjures up the murderous myths that Hamas also glorifies. Their idols fire rockets from Gaza at Tel Aviv while they hunt kippah wearers in Berlin and other cities.

"It is not Islam, but rampant Islamism, that is making German cities an inhospitable, dangerous country for Jews, as has already happened in France and Sweden. Angela Merkel's refugee policy, which no longer bothers to identify true war refugees, has imported hundreds of thousands of times an ideology that focuses on the Jew as an eternal enemy. Here she has fallen on the fertile ground of failed integration.

"Their identification mark is a map from which Israel has been wiped out, and their followers carry this mark roaring through German cities. To be clear: you cannot carry these banners and at the same time pretend to recognize our constitutional state, one of the foundations of which is Israel's right to exist. Only one or the other is possible. Too many streets were in the hands of people at the weekend who want a different Germany, a country without Jews.

"'We can do it!' was Angela Merkel's most famous refrain in the refugee crisis. It was also her promise that our country would not change fundamentally, would not be shaped by political-religious ideologies that sow death and annihilation elsewhere.

"This promise was broken a thousand times over this weekend. I would finally like to hear what the Chancellor intends to do about it, what her personal, unequivocal words are to these Jew haters, what she wants to DO against the rise of this extermination ideology, before she leaves office.

"Angela Merkel should take responsibility for what has become a threat to our liberal society and oppose it with all her might."

The chairwoman of the Liberal Jewish Community in Hanover, Rebecca Seidler, in an interview with Norddeutscher Rundfunk, said:

"The escalating situation in Israel... has massive effects on the Jewish communities and institutions here in Germany. Jews are seen as representatives of the State of Israel and are held responsible.... I would like to emphasize that these anti-Semitic incidents in Germany are not about expressing criticism of the political actions of the State of Israel, but that we are dealing with massive anti-Jewish threats, which must be condemned in the strongest possible way....

"Ultimately, it's not a new phenomenon. It has always been the case that the situation in Israel always has an impact on Jewish life outside of Israel. As I mentioned, we are always seen as representatives of the State of Israel. It should also not be denied that the hatred of Jews is very strongly represented and anchored in Islamist milieus and is thus also expressed in Germany. Anti-Semitism has many faces, occurs in many social environments, and also has links between them, which can generate enormous energy. This aggressiveness, which we are experiencing here these days, is very worrying for us as a Jewish community."

In an interview with Die Welt, German-Egyptian political scientist and author Hamed Abdel-Samad said:

"One can of course criticize the action of the Israeli police in Jerusalem and also the settlement policy. I have done this in the past. But when this criticism is used as a pretext to stir up hatred against all Jews, then the problem begins. If you criticize Israeli politics but glorify Hamas, the problem begins. And that's exactly what happens in Germany. I think it has nothing to do with solidarity with Muslim victims. Muslims are victims every day in the Arab world: in Syria, in Iraq, in Yemen. A few days ago, a school in Afghanistan was bombed; 50 children died as a result of Taliban terror and there were no demonstrations by Muslims on the streets in Germany. And they didn't shout: 'F*ck the Taliban!'

"There is a high level of emotionalism in this conflict. For Muslims, it is not the victims that are important, but rather: who is the perpetrator? If the perpetrators are Muslim terrorists, then it stays in the family. If the perpetrators are Israel or America, then this staged indignation occurs.

"Turkish politics also play a role in this. Erdogan's speeches, the Islamic associations here, Milli Görüs and so on. They stir up this hatred of Jews, even though they constantly complain about anti-Muslim racism or Islamophobia.

"German politicians have not understood that immigration from Iraq and Syria, from the Arab countries, also brings more anti-Semitism to Germany. Anyone who says that is immediately branded as right wing and there is no fair discussion or debate about it. For me this is a racism of lowered expectations. Let us imagine that after every terrorist attack by Muslim terrorists, Germans take to the streets, besiege mosques and shout 'Sh*tty Muslims.' That would be right-wing extremism. That would be a Nazi, but when it comes from Muslims, they say: yes, the poor things. They are emotionally charged. No, that is racism of lowered expectations. I don't expect the same from them what I expect from normal German young people. And that's part of the problem."

When asked about anti-Semitism in the Arab world, Abdel-Samad replied:

"People who come here also carry in their baggage many conflicts from their home countries. Anti-Semitism is part of the educational policy in the Arab world, so to speak. Hitler's books are sold there as bestsellers. Conspiracies like the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' are among the best sellers there. And these people come here. And you are not allowed to even talk to them about such conflicts in schools or in integration courses. The anti-racism debate is also part of this problem, because Muslims or migrants are generally seen as a group as victims and only the White man is considered to be the perpetrator.

"In the end, not even schools can talk about anti-Semitism or the Middle East conflict. Or about Erdogan or about Islamism. Even at universities, Muslim students refuse to speak about such topics. Universities should be a safe haven for opinions. But for many Muslim students, universities are now safe spaces from opinions and criticism, even though that is where we have to start. We need to talk to each other. We have to have controversial discussions on all issues, not just the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen. We have a very poisoned culture of debate in Germany. You get the stamp of racist or Nazi if you address any grievances in immigrant milieus or with minorities. The racist is always White, but never a Muslim or a Black or a migrant. For me that is racism of lowered expectations."

On his Facebook page, Abdel-Samad elaborated:

"Let's imagine a mob made up of German youths shouting 'Sh*tty Muslims' and throwing stones and fire at mosques in Germany after a terrorist attack in Paris, London or Berlin. What would we call these youngsters? Correct: Nazis! What would the anti-fascists and anti-racists do then? They would stir up outrage and fear that the return of the little man with the funny mustache is imminent.

"But why don't you hear from them now? Why do they consider terms like 'Gypsy Sauce' [the name of a German gravy] to be racist, but 'Sh*tty Jews' to be harmless? Why do they freak out when you ask someone with a migration background where they come from, but do nothing when people are insulted and beaten because of their origin?

"A. Because for them it's not about people, it's about ideology!

"B. Because in their racism industry, minorities can only be victims, and only the White man can be Nazi and racist.

"C. Because their anti-racism is deeply intertwined with anti-Americanism and anti-capitalism, so some of them even sympathize with Hamas.

"This is not just a double standard in dealing with the issue of racism, it is racism by definition. Because the White man is generally regarded as a person who was born with the original sin of racism, while all other ethnicities and cultures are acquitted of this charge. This, too, is racism against minorities, who are only viewed as objects of the White man and do not have to take responsibility for themselves. It is racism of lowered expectations when one demands something different from German young people than from Muslim young people."

Writing for the German blog Tichys Einblick, commentator Michal Kornblum noted:

"A large part of this mob consists of people who came here as refugees and brought their hatred of Jews with them and continued to expand it here. It is no secret that many mosques and also left-wing German associations provide the breeding ground for this. In Germany, the most diverse social currents converge in anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel.

"Another indication of the failure of politics and the judiciary is that many young Muslims from families who have been living here for two or three generations are more radical and anti-Semitic than their parents and grandparents, who often maintain a more Western view of the world. When the acquired 'made in Germany' hatred of Jews meets up with the imported anti-Semitism from Arab countries, it results in the explosive atmosphere on German streets that we are currently experiencing....

"In reality, we are still moving from phrase to phrase in the anti-Semitism debate. The popular saying 'no place for anti-Semitism' turns out to be one of the biggest lies, since anti-Semitism obviously takes up a lot of space in Germany. Repeating a phrase like a prayer wheel does not change the realities. In the same way, 'whoever lives here must accept the Basic Law and Israel's right to exist' tends only to be said. I am not aware of any cases of expulsions or deportations for these reasons. The deportation of all anti-Semitic rioters who do not have German citizenship would be a logical step."

Writing for the blog Achgut, the German-Israeli writer Chaim Noll blamed German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the resurgence of anti-Semitism in Germany:

"The open hatred of Jews has returned to Germany, from a direction that surprised many unsuspecting people. Gradually, the word 'Jew' has again become a swear word, an epitome of the contemptible, in schoolyards dominated by Muslims. This time the anti-Jewish resentment is not rooted in Europe's anti-Semitic tradition, but in a different one. Which only a few Europeans took notice. Who would have bothered to study the Koran, the hadith or the Hamas charter twenty years ago? Who knew the countless passages in the religious literature of Islam that call for the contempt, persecution or extermination of the Jews?

"The few who read about it remained silent, or if they voiced their concerns, were declared 'Islamophobic' and ostracized. In the meantime, in thousands of mosques and Koran schools, what Germans have for decades mutually been forbidden to do with heavy prison sentences, has spread unhindered. All the while, the same demon was allowed to flourish with impunity in its new environment. Numerous reinforcements have arrived since 2015, and hatred of Jews is in renewed bloom. The shouting at the demonstrations is getting louder from year to year. So far, no German Muslim has been punished for hating Jews or for openly inciting the murder of Jews, although this has happened again and again....

"The pictures that are now going around the world document Germany's new shame. Angela Merkel can take credit for the fact that in a country where hatred of Jews, although it existed, remained quiet or inaudible, the roar of pogroms can be heard again. She betrayed and sold out the German Jews. And not just the Jews. Also many Germans, for example, everyone who feels sympathy for Israel or for whom hatred of Jews is unbearable. By demonstratively abstracting critics of Islam in Germany, she created an atmosphere of fearful silence. Which, not unlike in the later years of the Weimar Republic, makes the roar of the Jew haters all the louder.

"Angela Merkel will go down in history as the Chancellor who made open hatred of Jews in Germany possible again. She simply brushes aside decades of 'coming to terms with the past,' of popular education and trying to overcome a traumatic German defeat. Under her government one can in Germany again openly call for the murder of Jews and at the same time be subsidized by the state. In the small as in the large. Just as thousands of Jew-haters raging on German streets are supported by state funds, so is the terrorist organization Hamas on a large scale via obscure 'relief organizations' and NGOs, so that in the end every rocket that hits Israel also contains a part of German money. Angela Merkel is also silent on this."

The inimitable blog, Elder of Ziyon, wrote:

"This isn't about Gaza. We've never seen such hate after any Western action in Syria or Afghanistan. No British crowds marching through malls to protest airstrikes in Iraq.

"This is bigotry in its most ugly, rawest form.

"Gaza is an excuse to find a socially acceptable way to publicly express Jew-hatred while pretending that your hate is righteous.

"And while it is more subtle, that is exactly what is behind nearly all the obsessive hate of Israel we see every day of every year. Nothing else explains this level of hate, and clearly it isn't because of the supposed victims — Arab persecution of Palestinians is ignored by the anti-Israel crowd as well.

"The way we know that anti-Zionism is antisemitism is that the anti-Israel Leftists who swear up and down that they are against antisemitism have not said a word about these incidents. And certainly, none of them have popped up and said they would protect the Jewish right to counter-protest or even walk around unmolested."

Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Gatestone Institute.

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55 Reader Comments

Alan O'Connor • Jun 24, 2021 at 06:08

The rapidly growing Islamic communities in Europe and the USA will undoubtedly prove a disaster for those countries. It may be hatred against Jews today, but it will be hatred against Christians, Hindus and those of non Islamic faiths tomorrow. Demographics make this very clear.

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Judy Aro • Jun 17, 2021 at 18:14

It is very evident to me who these people serve (perhaps unknowingly). It is the one who comes to steal, kill & destroy. This is evidenced by their behavior. His name is Satan.

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tedh754 • May 22, 2021 at 11:36

Authorities: "We will not tolerate..." spoken over and over again. But they do tolerate it. They may as well just shut up.

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Elena

tedh754 • May 24, 2021 at 15:34

I could not have said it better.

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Richard from NZ • May 21, 2021 at 21:35

Merkel is the most dangerous German leader since Hitler. This was always going to happen and it is going to get vastly worse. It is only a matter of decades before all of Germany's and Europe's Jews flee. And make no mistake, after that Christians and other non Muslims become the target as we see in the Middle East.

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Beegee • May 21, 2021 at 10:29

The past few days have shown what is in Europe has come to America.
It is time to consider deporting those who are not willing to assimilate into the USA culture.

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shloime

Beegee • May 24, 2021 at 18:03

"Assimilation" may be the wrong term. Many groups have not assimilated, but are nonetheless productive law-abiding members of society. Violent Jew-hatred is the problem, not a difference of language or cuisine.

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Beegee

shloime • May 25, 2021 at 06:43

No, assimilate is the right word. The one that comes to mind is Ilhan Omar who is supposedly a productive, though not necessarily a law abiding member of society.

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Manuele Lui • May 21, 2021 at 04:20

I'm not surprised by what is happening in Europe. It's what the Europeans wanted. Opening borders opens the floodgates to bring in more Muslims. God will be the Judge and Jury to Europe's demise. Europe will be leveled to the ground below sea level. When that day comes, the Jews will inherit the land. Not all Europeans are haters of Jews. The scums of the earth are the haters especially those who have been encouraging false narratives of hate of Jews for fighting back for their existence in Palestine. Palestine is not an Arab word but a Roman-made up name. Where were the Muslim Arabs when the Jews were fighting the Romans resisting Roman rulers at that time? The Muslims claim that they were the right people of the land. Jews & Christians were the only people persecuted by the Romans but where were Arabs? Hiding biding their time. God bless and protect Israel. Bless Israel & the Jewish people. BLESS GOD MOST HOLY NAME.

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Linda Samson • May 21, 2021 at 00:38

Anti-semitism exists in Canada as confirmed by the aggressive pro-Palestine rallies in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary.A cavalcade of 1,000+ vehicles in Calgary, the third demonstration in the week, with participants violating traffic and safety laws. Over 50 calls to 911 as witnesses noted vehicles driving on the wrong side of the streets, through red lights and stop signs, adults and children without seat belts hanging out of windows and sunroofs of moving vehicles, setting off fireworks and all the while yelling obscenities.
How does this type of "celebration" demonstrate compassion or enlist any empathy for those residents of Palestine.

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Linda Samson • May 21, 2021 at 20:14

The acts of anti-semitism you describe here do NOT in fact show any real care for the residents in Palestine. They are stirred into their acts of "celebration" for a different reason: their blind hatred for Israel. Very sad, I know.

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R Mann • May 20, 2021 at 19:54

I see this as the last call for the Jewish people to leave all these countries where they have been living since WW2, and return home to Israel. This is the beginning of all-out hate and war against Israel by the gentile world. Islam is taking over Europe and the US/North America. The more countries Islam controls, the greater the hate will become. I don't give this current world much more time.

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David Walker • May 20, 2021 at 17:22

Anti-Zionism IS antisemitism.

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Left Coast • May 20, 2021 at 16:13

Few remember that the Allies of the funny little man with the Moustache . . . were the forefathers of their New Immigrants. The Mufti of Jerusalem was a go to guy for the regime back in the day.

Today the Fakeastinians & supporters are creating havoc, both in Israel and all over the Western World . . .

There is no such thing as a Palestinian people; no such thing as a Palestinian history; and no Palestinian language exists.
The present-day so-called 'Palestinians' are an Arab people sharing an overwhelmingly Muslim Arab culture, ethnicity and language identical to their fellow Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa, with few if any distinctions. They are primarily the descendants of those itinerant Arabs who illegally flooded British Mandatory Palestine from Arab territories as far away as Sudan, Egypt, Syria and what was Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). They were attracted during the late 19th and early 20th century by new employment opportunities created and provided by the Jewish pioneers whose heroic efforts were turning the desert green again and restoring centuries of neglect which the ancestral Jewish homeland had endured under a succession of alien occupations.

Many Europeans will soon find themselves in the same position as the citizens of Israel if they allow themselves to be overrun by these violent demonstrators . . .

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Elena

Left Coast • May 24, 2021 at 16:10

Thank you for your excellent post. Regarding your last paragraph, Europeans (all of them) have already found themselves in the same position as Israel. It is a shame they cannot or will not express their understanding and empathy towards Israel in any significant way.

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Lawrence Weiswasser • May 20, 2021 at 15:50

It should be noted that the violence was initiated by Hamas sending thousands of rockets into Israeli civilian population centers. Israel's response was purely defensive at first -- using anti-missile techniques. It should be noted that Palestinian areas in Israel were also affected by Hamas Unguided missiles.

If Hamas ceased firing missiles, the peace process would begin immediately.

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Tershia • May 20, 2021 at 15:48

A true but sad article, thank you.
History is repeating itself, not only in Europe but in Canada and America too.

For generations schools have not taught truthful history, but have brainwashed students with communist/Marxist ideology, hence the thousands of anti-Israel/Jewish ignorant student types publicly fomenting their hatred for Jews. The police give them free reign, while arresting Pastors who continue to preach.

Frau Merkel IMO is the successor to Hitler and knew what she was doing by opening the floodgates of Germany to radical Muslims, with the rest of ungodly European politicians following suit.
The world is in turmoil because of all the hate groups and their leaders.

After the Holocaust, Israel has all the right to protect herself. In any war there is unfortunately collateral damage, but that is the nature of the beast.

There is a slim chance for peace if the Arabs stop hating the Jews and spend their energy and donated money on building a healthy and productive society, as Israel has done.

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Mary Alafouzo

Tershia • May 23, 2021 at 17:26

I agree with all your comments above except I don't think there is even a slim chance of these radical Muslim Arabs to ever stop hating Jews, or Christians for that matter, unless of course we all convert to Islam which will never happen. Of course they may make peace treaties but remember taqiyya. And Frau Merkel opening the floodgates is what caused Brexit. I heard an old English lady saying she voted for Boris Johnson because she didnt want 75/80m Turks invading her country. And she wasn't the only one.
Johnson's huge majority two years ago was due to his firm promise for Brexit which he delivered. As for Christians you know yourself what they are going through in so many Muslim majority countries. It will take nothing short of a miracle for a world where each can believe what he wants in peace.

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Mary Alafouzo

Mary Alafouzo • May 24, 2021 at 06:17

PS. And anyone who wants to know what is happening in the US can read 'Jihadist Psychopath' by Jamie Glasov. High treason.

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Elena • May 20, 2021 at 14:19

Outstanding article. All of this is coming to the United States if it isn't fully here already. American Jews please take note. As a French Jew now living in Israel stated in the documentary "Homelands", in the 1930s and '40s, the Jews who were pessimists wound up in Hollywood with swimming pools, the Jews who were optimists wound up in Auschwitz.

Angela Merkel as well as other European leaders and policy makers have found a way to get rid of the Jews through a proxy army, thus convincing themselves that there is no blood on their hands. Even at the expense of the safety and security of their own non-Jewish citizens, they welcomed these Jew-hating thugs into their countries to do a job. Only problem is, the newcomers take over the entire country and the passivity of the native Europeans speaks volumes. Merkel carries on Hitler's legacy and tells herself she is innocent. No she isn't.

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Mark Matthias • May 20, 2021 at 13:54

"German politicians have not understood that immigration from Iraq and Syria, from the Arab countries, also brings more anti-Semitism to Germany. Anyone who says that is immediately branded as right-wing and there is no fair discussion or debate about it."

Try to make sense of this phenomenon... outside of a theological manifesto. Nothing otherwise makes sense.
"This goes out to the Muslim armies. What are you waiting for? Jihad is your responsibility. Wipe out the Zionist entity. How dare they occupy Muslim lands." How much sense does that sort of ideology make?!
And why in the world should Europe back them?

This breeding of evil will never be explainable outside of biblical theology. Sure many statesmen and astute journalists can explain practically and philosophically how and why it can be solved but not emotionally and spiritually. Every minute it's becoming worse and nothing any ones says even budges the path of evil sweeping over the world, and as usual, the Jews are wearing the bull's eye on their backs. Of course, Islam is a convenient emotional instigator to take the pressure off anyone else.

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elias hagooli • May 20, 2021 at 13:39

Just a reminder---' When Jews leave , France is no longer France ' --French politician---clearly indicating that the atmosphere that makes Jews leave --will turn it's hate and anger towards France itself---Jews are 14 million in the world max. Islam is aiming for the real conflict--Crusades part two----but the clear lesson is simple--prediction from past--Islam at 1400 years will be influenced by inciters --just as Christianity was at 1400 years---and it was not pretty picture--Abrahamic religions repeat their cycles of violence induced by inciters---nothing new but few admit it

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shloime

elias hagooli • May 24, 2021 at 22:48

Interesting hypothesis, but...

The first of the "Abrahamic religions", Judaism, is also the only one which is not universalist, nor does it have universal conquest as a religious obligation.

If you want to draw comparisons between Christianity and Islam, it cannot be on the basis of "Abrahamic religions", because the facts simply don't support that idea.

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Richard Kronenfeld • May 20, 2021 at 13:37

Instead of accepting reparations for the Holocaust and taking up residence in Germany, we should have placed a curse on them as we did on Spain after the Inquisition.

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Peter Sammons • May 20, 2021 at 12:34

Very sad, indeed ...

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Nemo • May 20, 2021 at 11:58

Can anybody see it getting any better?
The "authorities" are too frightened to do anything about the situation and the EU still has open borders!
Clearly, it is all over, bar the shouting!

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Elizabeth Lawson • May 20, 2021 at 11:58

My overview of all that Soeren Kern has written regarding the descent of European citizens into vicious, hateful and barbaric racism is that the Jewish people find themselves - in the order of preference to the racists, first in line for murder and death by any means . We of other faiths - and other political convictions are second in line. Democracy, its history and success are unequivocally targeted by these wild, ideological madmen from Arab lands. No, not all of them, but these enemies of peace and order threaten the freedoms that we uphold and defend as essential to our survival.
Out of compassion - and unforgivable stupidity, Western democracies accepted - possibly millions - of Young immigrants - predominantly men devoted to foreign politics and religion, many of whom were uneducated, indoctrinated, ideological thugs. The overwhelming majority have proven over the years of their settlement in Europe ( and in North America:) that they reject assimilation and prefer/promote Sharia law. So, we generous peoples have invited into our 'homes' a deadly, self declared enemy who torches and desecrates churches, synagogues, Hindu temples, etc., and whom when the opportunity arises, delights in the murder of Jews. We are confronting a wild man in our presence whose goal is to eradicate all who do not share their world view. Gee, thanks a million you dumb asses who brought this misery to our doors.

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oldguyincolorado • May 20, 2021 at 10:27

What on earth did Merkel and the other leaders of Europe expect would ultimately happen when, in their desire to import a new labor force to supplement their declining populations they imported a new anti-Semitic/anti-Christian group of people? Why didn't they just take in the few hundred thousand Christians still stuck in the Turkish refugee camps? That is what Muslim countries would have done: protect your own first. That is what Israel did and still does.

Yes, the European Jews are the "low hanging fruit" but do these European Christian leaders not understand that the Christians are the larger target? Erdogan has said, many times, that his goal is to turn their churches into mosques!

Jesus once said something like: "You have eyes to see and ears to hear yet still you do not understand". These Europeans are all just ostriches with their heads in the sand.

Israel must remain strong because, in the end, where else will many of these European Jews have to go but to there? How many non-European western oriented countries will/can/are equipped to take in this many Jews in a short period of time? Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the U.S. and Canada, so why go from a European boiling pot into a now simmering one in those countries (they, possibly soon to boil over as well)?

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CR • May 20, 2021 at 10:24

The Muslim can never forgive The Jew for carving out an independent home in the heart of their Eternal Islamic Trust without ever paying a penny in Jizya tax. That is apostasy. That is an abomination! As for the bloody violence Muslims do to other Muslims, that's purely an internal matter and "just business, nothing personal."

Meanwhile, old Europe was completely broken by the 20th Century's world wars, has never recovered and, given their conduct over the past half century, seems intent on committing mass suicide by failing to raise new generations. There is no future for Jews there at all. The best hope for all is to keep the societal death and decay contained to that continent.

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Harvey L • May 20, 2021 at 10:05

Europe is lost to Islam plain and simple. Multiculturism from North African and ME countries will never work. They are a tribal ideology anything given for free they take while giving nothing back other than trying to change their host country to resemble the country they came from. This is not racism, this is fact period.

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Elena

Harvey L • May 20, 2021 at 14:27

The Muslim migrants did not leave their countries of origin. They brought their countries to Europe with the express purpose of taking over. This was encouraged by European leaders (read Bat Ye'or's book "Eurabia") and Middle Eastern leaders who want to spread Islam and get rid of their troublemakers. All told, they are doing a splendid job.

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Dr Gintas Vilkelis • May 20, 2021 at 08:48

Too many people don't realise that:
1. Hitler and the Nazis were far-LEFT, not "far-right"; and
2. Hitler's biggest crime was NOT "nationalism", but "imperialism" (which is the *extreme* form of nationalism). All of the instances of expression of nationalism in Europe these days is in the form of "we want our nation to survive, not to vanish", as opposed to (what is always inferred by the left) "we want to invade and subjugate other nations".

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Elena

Dr Gintas Vilkelis • May 20, 2021 at 14:28

Yes, I completely agree! Thanks for stating it so well!

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Intermax

Dr Gintas Vilkelis • May 21, 2021 at 02:49

The Nazis are practically the definition of right wing politics.

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Intermax • May 21, 2021 at 05:43

The reason why so many people NOW believe that Nazis were "far-right" is because, after the war, the international Left had to distance themselves from the bad PR of the Nazis, so what's better than to recast them as something *opposite* of themselves: the "far-right"? Hence, recasting Nazis as "far-right" became one of the priority agenda items for the post-war Left's "long march through the institutions" (a.k.a. Cultural Marxism), and they were obviously successful, in part because the Right didn't see this as something important enough to push back against.

And since then, this "Nazi were far-right" meme has been an incredibly valuable "political weapon" for the Left, because it gives them the power to silence everybody, who's disagreeing with them, by equating them with Nazis by using the formula: "We are the Left. If you disagree with us, then you are far-right. Nazis were far-right, therefore you are a Nazi, and everybody knows that Nazis were horrible criminals, which means that you are a criminal too, for which you should be prosecuted, unless you shut up immediately and stop resisting our agenda."

He who controls the language controls the narrative - which is why the Political Left has always put so much effort into controlling the language (including the definitions of terms).

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Mary Alafouzo

Intermax • May 21, 2021 at 13:44

Dr Vilkelis is correct. National Socialism is a far left-wing movement.

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The Istanbulian

Intermax • May 22, 2021 at 02:41

With free cars and healthcare and government-controlled businesses.

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David Walker

Intermax • May 22, 2021 at 13:19

Nope.
The clue is in the name, "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei".

"After all, that's exactly why we call ourselves National Socialists! We want to start by implementing socialism in our nation among our Volk! It is not until the individual nations are socialist that they can address themselves to international socialism." Adolf Hitler

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Intermax • May 24, 2021 at 13:32

"Fascism" is a term that was originally coined by the Italian dictator Mussolini to describe his adaptation of Marxism to the conditions of Italy after World War I. Mussolini's Italian Fascism was a nationalist form of extreme socialism whereas Trotskyism was/is a internationalist form of extreme socialism -- with Leninism being somewhere in between.

The political content of Leftism varies greatly from time to time. The sudden about-turn of the Left on antisemitism in recent times is vivid proof of that. And what the political content of Leftism is depends on the zeitgeist — the conventional wisdom of the day. Leftists take whatever is commonly believed and push it to extremes in order to draw attention to themselves as being the good guys — the courageous champions of popular causes. So when the superiority of certain races was commonly accepted, Leftists were champions of racism. So when eugenics was commonly accepted as wise, Leftists were champions of eugenics — etc. In recent times they have come to see more righteousness to be had from championing the Palestinian Arabs than from championing the Jews so we have seen their rapid transition from excoriating antisemitism to becoming "Anti-zionist".

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Goh Goh Heung Yong • May 20, 2021 at 08:03

It's up to the Germans now. Are they going to allow this old festering hatred to break out into full racist violence again ? It seems that over the decades, the Germans have never developed the full moral and intellectual vigour to oppose such malignant ideology, whether in Germans or in immigrants. If there is no intellectual moral strength, it will be inevitable that Germany will descent again, into a violent racist state.

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Barak Eitan • May 20, 2021 at 07:55

Soeren Shalom:
Thank you for a very depressing but accurate article. On the plus side, Jews do have a place to go that would instantly welcome them. You know, that apartheid country of Zionists, provided it survives the onslaughts of the enemies of the West, and more tragically, the hypocritical lip service of its friends, which include progressive Jews, the liberal light unto the nations.
Fortunately, Jews can vote with their feet which can only enrich a vital, optimistic culture with an astounding Jewish birth rate. Let's agree to meet back here in 10 years or so and see how Europe and the US are managing.
Soeren, I relocated from N. America to the Golan and we have raised a family. I marvel every day upon my good fortune. I am referring to living in an optimistic, healthy, emotionally engaged polity that still values traditional values, like family and being able to express dissenting opinions without being disenfranchised from the human race for being Jewish, white or male. If you are ever in the Golan, you are welcome to stop by for a meal or at the very least, a cup of tea.

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Barak Eitan • May 20, 2021 at 14:40

I love your post. I know I must move to Israel too. However, pogroms do not stop at the door to Israel. Israel must deport all who oppose the existence of the state and give aid and comfort to its enemies. Israeli law states that giving aid and comfort to Israel's enemies in time of war (which is always) is punishable by death. It is highly unlikely Israel will even arrest such people. It hasn't in the past. Instead, Israel's police chief, Yaakov Shabtai, equated Jews engaging in self defense with the terrorists who attacked them. A Jewish man defending himself against an Arab gang about to attack him by shooting one of the assailants was arrested. The other assailants were not touched.

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Elena • May 21, 2021 at 05:57

Elena:
Don't think twice, make a plan, contact one of the organizations available for sponsored visits. Check your options, preferences and just dive in.
You should know that in the past about 30% of new immigrants give up and return home. That figure may have gone down with changes in Israel and the outside world. I can guarantee that you will face many challenges, frustrations and initial homesickness for a place that is familiar, but you should know that everyone you meet faces the same issues and that they want you to succeed.
I don't know your age, but if you take the leap, when you look back in years to come, I hope that you will feel as I do. It isn't just that you will not have the life you planned, it will be so much better. You will be a different person. Good luck.

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D J • May 20, 2021 at 07:51

Angela 'Mutti' Merkel is the second most dangerous German Chancellor for Jews.
What a dreadful statement, and similar comments can be made against feeble Western leaders in other countries.
General Piquemal and others in France have shown us the only out of this horror.

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SonnyJim • May 20, 2021 at 07:38

I don't know why people have a hard time understanding Muslims and their actions. They are simply following the Quran and the dictates of their so-called prophet.

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews. - Sahih Muslim 41:6985

To call them "militant" or "Islamic terrorist" is to not understand what Islam teaches and believes. ISIS and their actions were closer to following what Islam demands than any of these weak apologists.

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cammo99 • May 20, 2021 at 06:38

In the USA, the sponsors of secular marxism and socialists from the left have always been anti-Semites. They were merely waiting for someone like Bernie Sanders to lead them a man who because he is Jewish confuses the issue by that fact alone. Add to that many American Jews voted for the anti-Semitic government of Biden who owes the left many political favors and appointed positions of import in the usurpers regime to retain the legitimacy of a stolen election, more proof is evident January 6 was not insurrection it was protest (Antifa is insurrection and they got away without mobilizing 26,000 guardsmen to stop their terrorism yes January 6 was marred by some trespassing, and vandalism, but the only person murdered was a woman veteran, unarmed shot at random and murdered by a security agent. The DNC is now moving forward with a show trial to rationalize its over reach.) Another state was outed, PA, as having not counted votes for the GOP in the last election. In the Leftist handbook one without a moral code loyalty to the party is the greatest value as it was in 1933.
This is only one step away in thought from the reality of living in a sharia law Islamist state or revolutionary state. Both reduce individual rights and the rights of "The People" and assign them the status of being one of the "masses" like the goo that came out of the swamp and eventually walked up right. Also an important aspect of secular Marxism, nothing can be greater than the party.

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Peter Rotberg • May 20, 2021 at 06:31

Dear Soeren Kern
These ant-Israeli protests do not have do descend into antisemitism. They are vehemently Antisemitic and anti Israeli.And as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu determined : "Anti-zionizm is a nowadays form of anisemtism."
And another quotation that reflects perfectly ongoing 3rd Intifada and terrorist war against my country- Israel - "I prefer condemnation to condolences - Former Iraeli PM - Golda Meir in League of Nations (UN).
Peter Rotberg.
Historian.

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Hamish MacDonald • May 20, 2021 at 06:31

Excellent article.
Leaves no stone unturned.
Should be widely circulated, particularly among church schools so that true injustice is made abundantly clear.
Name-calling is a very dangerous thing and induces a strong reaction.
Merkel has a golden opportunity to address issues that her country became infamous for, and she needs to do it quickly and decisively.

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Nemo of Erewhon • May 20, 2021 at 06:21

This was bound to happen. The fact that it is happening is not surprising but the failure of the political class, right and left, to realise it would happen is very surprising. Anyone with even the most elementary knowledge of Islam would soon realize that Islam and the 'true believers" in Islam despise and hate Jews and Christians but mainly Jews. This is baked in to Islam from the very beginning when the Jewish tribes in Arabia rejected Mohammad as a Prophet to the Jews; this was because Mohammad knew nothing about Judaism and it was obvious.
After Mohammad's relocation to Medina with his 120 or so followers, he engineered quarrels with the Jewish tribes and exiled two and murdered all the "adult" males of the Banu Qurayza taking the females as sex slaves.
Mohammad on his death bed expressed his desire for every Jew and Christian to be driven from Muslim lands. It has been thus ever since; Muslims refuse to share land with the Jews ,unless they are in a Dhimmi capacity.
Every politician in the west should have been aware of this and the unchangeable nature of Islam ; recent history would have informed them of the dangers when the Mufti of Jerusalem befriended Hitler and was keen to help the Jewish persecution.
This present state of affairs regarding Islam in the West dates from the oil embargo of the 1970s and the Europe/Arab dialogue whereby full access to Europe by Muslims was agreed including all Islamic culture and practices. The idea of ""Eurabia" was floated ,mainly by France with her Muslim colonial history.
It is very likely too late now to repair the damage done to Europe and the Jewish citizens will find life increasingly difficult as the Islamic population grows. Europe will lose many Jews, who are among the best and most productive of the populations . They will go to Israel.
In a few years Britain and most of Europe will be continually disrupted by Islamic demands and the terrorising of the Christian and Jewish and secular citizens. Nominal Muslims will not be able to make any difference, as non Nazis were powerless against the National Socialist regime of Hitler.
The Western politicians have destroyed Europe and Britain; they have much to answer for to the people and future generations.

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Tony Margiocchi • May 20, 2021 at 06:16

I see antisemitism and race hate against Israel every day here in the UK. Burning flags and chants of 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' are commonplace. Despite us having laws against race hate, the British police only enforce them when against Muslims. Out MP's stand up against Israel and remain at rallies even though the hate chants are being screamed out. I have seen pictures of flags (Israeli) being burned in London and Luton. Britain is a sorry place right now.

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Tony Margiocchi • May 21, 2021 at 01:15

Agreed!
And in Nazi Germany the police and judiciary pretended not to see or hear when assault, rape, murder of Jews, burning , vandalism, destruction of property owned by Jews occurred. Such behaviour was morally sanitised by Nazis as the Jews were allegedly anti German.
Proof not needed!!

Today such behaviour is again sanitised morality. Why? Because it expresses a political, allowably democratic point of view against Israel. Without doubt this is the one and only allegedly supremely wicked racist, fascist apartheid country in the present world. Proof not needed!!

But to say that the religion of peace is the cause of enormous spike in European antisemitism.
Proof needed!!

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Fofi • May 20, 2021 at 06:09

What part of "we are at war", don't people understand?
This isn't about Gaza, it's about democracy, it's about human rights and it's about fighting lies and extremism.
They say democracy has the seeds of its own destruction! Never has this been more true. Watching the BDS campaign gain traction in persuading liberal left elites to align themselves to this heinous campaign of hatred is bizarre.They moralise about what is right far from the conflict, undermining those that are fighting for freedom. This is mass lunacy. Gullibility abounds , lack of clarity and weakness in the face of a barrage of hatred. So much easier to say nothing or align yourself to the angry outraged unthinking mob. Chamberlain would be so happy to see how many think appeasement works!

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Andy Paul • May 20, 2021 at 05:32

The Progressive and political classes have made common cause with Islam, seeing at a means of breaking and remaking the societies of Europe in an image they prefer; preferably with the indigenous peoples corralled into reservations or gone. To that end, the progressives such as Merkel are prepared to accept the end of Jews in Europe.
Unless Muslim migration into Europe is curtailed or prevented we will soon be at a tipping point and the peoples of Europe and the Jews of Europe will not go quietly.

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shloime

Andy Paul • May 24, 2021 at 22:53

Once upon a time, the Jews of Europe may have thought that Europe was worth fighting and dying for. But they were cured of that mistaken notion 75 years ago. Today, they have somewhere to go, and no reason to stay.

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Solomon • May 20, 2021 at 05:26

Simply boils down to Marxism using anarchy to fudge its mission to destroy the Western culture and Abrahamic religions; They homed on the Jews and are not doing too badly cleansing the Middle East and Africa of Christians. Free peoples risk being subjugated under a China rule of iron if they do not resist, NOW

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