Merz says Germany faces historic test over rise in antisemitism
Merz said 8,725 antisemitic incidents were recorded last year and warned that Germany must protect Jewish life and confront rising hostility.
- On Friday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that Muslim immigrants who refuse to accept Germany's historical responsibility for the Holocaust should leave the country, declaring the obligation to acknowledge Nazi genocide extends to everyone living in Germany.
- Merz's warning followed reports that Jewish athletes fear wearing Maccabi team jackets in public, while monitoring group RIAS reported 8,725 antisemitic incidents last year, a 'dramatic scale' occurring daily since the 2023 start of the Israel-Hamas War.
- Speaking Monday at the 20th anniversary of Munich's Ohel Jakob synagogue, Merz decried the 'horrifying sight' of kindergartens and synagogues protected by bulletproof glass, saying antisemitism has become 'omnipresent.'
- Ilse Aigner, the Bavarian parliament speaker nominated as the conservatives' candidate for head of state, called Jewish insecurity 'a disgrace for our country,' while Merz restated that protecting Jewish life 'is part of our historical responsibility.'
- Emphasizing the 'moment of truth for the Never again' slogan, Merz aligned his stance with predecessors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, who previously made similar commitments to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish institutions in Germany.
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Germany faces historic test over rise in antisemitism, Merz says in Kristallnacht speech
Speaking at a Munich synagogue on the anniversary of the "Kristallnacht" pogrom in 1938, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his government is committed to protecting Jewish life in Germany.
Anti-Semitism is once again spreading in Germany and manifests itself openly on the streets of German cities, the Chancellor Friedrich Merz said. "Today anti-Semitism is everywhere again. We see and hear it on our streets, in our cities, in our European neighbours' cities and around the world, in parliaments, in social organizations, in schools." Merz. Chancellor added that the government of the Federal Land is strengthening the protection of th…
CHANCELLOR Friedrich Merz has warned that the alarming rise in anti-Semitism in Germany represents a historic test for the protection of the Jewish community.
Merz says Germany faces historic test over rise in antisemitism
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