US EditionMigrants Responsible for Increase in Antisemitism, Says Merz
- On June 6, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said migrants arriving in the last ten years are a factor behind rising antisemitism in Germany.
- Merz made this statement during a televised Fox News interview following a report showing antisemitic incidents increased 77% in 2024 compared to 2023.
- According to the 2024 report by Germany’s national network monitoring antisemitism, there were 8,627 recorded incidents, including 5,857 connected to Israel and 544 associated with far-right extremist motives.
- Merz stated that efforts are underway to reduce the incidence of antisemitism and confirmed that legal action is being taken against those who violate the law to address the issue.
- His remarks sparked controversy given Germany’s history and intensified debates on migration's impact amid rising social tensions over antisemitism.
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Germany Should Stop Outsourcing Its Shame Over Historic Antisemitism to Migrants
German politicians often boast of having atoned for their ancestors’ crimes — but then claim that antisemitism is an ill imported by migrants. Far from a model, German memory culture has created an exceptionalist myth that Germans understand racism best.
The German Chancellor spoke of "imported anti-Semitism."
Germany unironically blames antisemitism on ’imported migrants’
Germany's new chancellor has blamed antisemitism on "big numbers of migrants", causing outrage in the country due to the German people's role in the Jewish Holocaust. Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), dismissed antisemitism as an "imported" problem, despite the country's historic crimes against the Jewish people. Merz tried to attribute a rise in 'antisemitic crimes', much of it related to Israel, to immi…
The meeting between Trump and Merz took place harmoniously. Merz then posed the questions of the American television stations. There he spoke of "imported anti-Semitism" in Germany.
Migrants responsible for increase in antisemitism, says Merz
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said migrants are a factor behind the rise of antisemitism in Germany, vowing to combat "this problem." Meanwhile, Lufthansa says it will restart flights to Tel Aviv on June 23. DW has more.
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