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The head of the state-funded institution said Germany is supporting Israel because of the Holocaust.
Geert Wilders, the leader of the country’s largest party, condemned the move as an insult to the victims of Oct. 7.
Authorities were determined not to repeat the July 22 incident in which Israeli tourists were prevented from disembarking at the Greek island of Syros.
A report listed the Jewish state alongside Russia, Turkey and Iran as countries that have sought to “to shape public opinion and political decision-making.”
Some of the detainees launch a hunger strike, equating Israel’s war in Gaza with Australia’s “massacre of Indigenous communities.”
Yad Vashem: A public representative should not encourage hatred “while every year, thousands of Jewish families flee Europe under threat.
“Their lies and propaganda destroyed the cease-fire deal, tried to discredit the safe and functioning GHF effort, emboldened Hamas, and resulted in this complete balagan!”
Nearly 60 people were arrested at an anti-Israel rally where one man was assaulted and after demonstrators displayed terrorist symbols, shouted antisemitic slurs and attacked police.
The assailant reportedly cried “Free Palestine” and “I am Hamas” at the Israeli and his wife before attacking them.
Israel’s main Holocaust museum labeled the accusations “dangerous distortions” following controversies around a German affiliate and some scholars.
“Welcome to Europe, 2025,” said Israeli musician Amit Peled, who along with two colleagues was refused service after a waiter heard them speaking Hebrew.
“My colleagues indicate that, due to the terrible situation in Gaza, they do not wish to work for a Jewish institution,” the company allegedly wrote.
