Anti -Semitism
Hass posters in Berlin mocked in the Jewish pair of Washington
A picture of Yaron Lischinsky, plus mockery and a clear threat: Germany reacts horrified to an anti-Semitic hate poster in Berlin. The police are determined.
Politicians and human rights activists react horrified to a hate poster that was seen yesterday evening in Berlin-Mitte near the Humboldt University. You could see a portrait of Yaron Lischinsky, employee of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, who fell victim to an attack there with his partner on Wednesday evening. The poster in Berlin was read with the inscription “Make Zionists Afraid” (German: makes Zionists fear), in addition to a symbol of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas.
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The chairman of the Federal Foreign Committee in the German Bundestag, Armin Laschet (CDU), wrote on the platform X that the “open Jewish hatred at the Humboldt University (…) was unacceptable”. “The agitation at the university is not about solidarity with Gaza, but about killing Jews.”
After the attack on Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim: Poster “inhuman”
Federal Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU) shared a message from the President of the Jewish Student Union Germany, Hanna Veller, on the same platform with the comment “inhumane, unbearable”. Veller had released a photo of the poster on X, with the comment “The bodies of the murdered are not even cold, it is already celebrated in Berlin”.
Alexander Freier-Winterwerb, member of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives, said that the poster was “symbolic of an unleashed, deadly Jewish hatred in the middle of Germany”. This threat would address all Jews and their supporters. “Anyone who tolerates something like this, trivialized or in silence makes you complicit!”
According to the T-Online, the German ambassador in Israel, Steffen Seibert, “indescribably disgusting. Anyone who has hung up has lost every right to speak for the cause of human rights. Just like everyone who goes for it and considers it acceptable.”
Criticism also of Palestinians
Palestinians also published harsh criticism of the poster. John Aziz, British-Palestinian peace activist, wrote down on X.: “This hatred and violence against Zionists do not reflect on me as a Palestinian, and I will never approved it. I want violence to end and hatred. I want to peace with Israel and all other people.” The Palestinian political scientist Ihab Hassan called the poster “disgusting”.
The Humboldt University already explained to “Bild” on Friday evening: “The murder of two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington shaked us. That posters were hung up with the photo of one of the victims, with Hamas symbolism and a targeted threat near Humboldt University. to spread social media. “
Since yesterday afternoon, the Berlin police have been investigating the use of indicators of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations. Officials immediately removed the reported posters.
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Source: Stern
