Strong pro-Israel consensus among political leaders has led to conflict with Berlin’s diverse cultural sector and a fraught debate over antisemitism

Less than 10 years ago, Germany, and especially Berlin, was held up as a beacon of openness and inclusivity in a western world rocked by Brexit and Donald Trump. Angela Merkel’s decision to take in thousands of refugees displaced by the war in Syria boosted her country’s reputation in progressive circles, with many international artists and academics choosing to make the German capital their new home.

Yet the conflict in the Middle East is showing Germany in a new light, highlighting fissures in society and the arts world that until now had been easier to ignore.

  • nichtsowichtig@feddit.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    there is not a massive difference. jewish and israeli identity are intertwined. Many jewish people sought refuge in israel because they had nowhere else to go. European jews after WW2 or arab jews in the late 40s/50s who were expelled out of muslim countries, for example. And again, defending israel’s right to exist is not the same as defending the israeli government or the war crimes the idf commits.

    • Landsharkgun@midwest.socialEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Not really. Israel is an ethnostate, they’ve declared it themselves. Genocide and oppression are guaranteed so long as it continues to be one.

    • brainrein@feddit.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      jewish and israeli identity are intertwined

      No they’re not. But that’s what Israeli propaganda is trying to make you believe.

      • nichtsowichtig@feddit.deEnglish
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        8 months ago

        it is funny how you don’t even react to anything I wrote and just say I am wrong and I believe in israeli propaganda.