Very clear words on this resolution that I found on the site of Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost, the German section of European Jews for a Just Peace.
I go with every single word of this. Israel's politics need to be named for what they are. Standing up for the rights of an oppressed people is not antisemitic, just because the oppressor happens to be Jewish.
I'm deeply concerned about how German society and politics have changed over the last five years, wondering if the country I'm citizen of is still or has ever been the free society, standing for Human Rights, that it claims to be.
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Despite claiming that freedom of speech,
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Very clear words on this resolution that I found on the site of Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden in Nahost, the German section of European Jews for a Just Peace.
I go with every single word of this. Israel's politics need to be named for what they are. Standing up for the rights of an oppressed people is not antisemitic, just because the oppressor happens to be Jewish.
I'm deeply concerned about how German society and politics have changed over the last five years, wondering if the country I'm citizen of is still or has ever been the free society, standing for Human Rights, that it claims to be.
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Despite claiming that freedom of speech, art and science must be protected, the resolution paves the way for an even greater stifling of those freedoms than has already been widespread, especially since October 2023. All major parties are now officially in favour of preventing funding for any project challenging the pro-Israel consensus and of silencing, uninviting, dismissing or even deporting anyone associated with such activities. The centrality of such funding gives the state immense powers of censorship, which inevitably lead to increasing self-censorship by those who wish to avoid repression. Given the rightward shift of German society and politics, it will not take long for such tools to fall into the hands of fascists. We already see the far right cynically using philosemitism (itself a racist phenomenon) as a cover for racism, and we know all too well that the people itching to expel Muslims will not hesitate to do the same with Jews. Our solidarity with Palestinians is already exposing us to police violence, and the antisemitism of those who would force us to be Zionists blends perfectly with the antisemitism of those who would put us in concentration camps.
Source: https://www.juedische-stimme.de/j%C3%BCdische-organisationen-weltweit-verurteilen-die-bundestagsresolution-zu-antisemitismus (Text in English, German below)
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