Germany’s federal culture minister Claudia Roth has yet to position herself on the new Bundestag resolution. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA Germany’s largest political parties have agreed on a parliamentary resolution requiring applicants for arts and science funding to explicitly reject anti-Semitism and recognise Israel’s right to exist. After months of backroom haggling, the resolution – which is non-binding but comes with considerable political clout – is likely to be welcomed by Germany’s Jewish community when it is presented for a vote in September. But critics see it as further evidence that Germany is engaged in curtailment of freedom of expression, guaranteed...
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Monitoring Antisemitism & Jewish Security Intel
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
