Germany
“There is no place for hatred against Jews in Germany,” Justice Minister Steffi Hübig said.
The Jewish state’s embassy in Berlin decries what feels like a return to the 1930s.
The CSU stalls $35 million pledge by SPD minister, demanding guarantees money won’t support projects threatening the Jewish state.
The announcement followed a meeting between Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
A store owner in Flensburg in northern Germany put up a sign reading “Jews are forbidden entry here.”
Berlin had “turned a blind eye” to the fact that many refugees who arrived in Germany “were socialized in countries of origin where hatred of Israel is taught even to children,” said the German chancellor.
Attacks reported in Brussels, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Belgium, from synagogue desecration to street assaults.
This week, after the European powers initiated the process to reimpose sanctions, a senior Iranian official called the move an “existential threat.”
“We will not join this initiative. We don’t see the requirements met,” the German leader said.
The ayatollah’s comments come amid a European deadline for reaching a nuclear deal by the end of August.
Two tubes of red paint were allegedly thrown over three men by a masked woman in an anti-capitalist, city-approved encampment.
“It is unquestionable that this would endanger the sense of security of many Jews, especially at this site,” the court said.
