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The head of the Central Council of Jews and the German federal government’s anti-Semitism commissioner have criticized the participation of climate activist Greta Thunberg in a solidarity campaign for Palestinians in Leipzig. “Greta Thunberg has made a good name for herself as a climate activist and has raised an important issue – I understand her statements all the less now,” said Central Council Chairman Josef Schuster to the Welt TV channel.
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She is doing absolutely no benefit to the climate movement with her statements, which are ultimately unfounded and wrong. Rather, it damages the climate movement, but also its own image, it continued.
The German federal government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, also told Welt TV that Greta Thunberg was making herself untrustworthy and dismantling herself. “Actually, the concern to strengthen climate protection should be enough, and the activities and the hatred of Israel that Ms. Thunberg is spreading is unacceptable.” He welcomes the fact that the German climate protection movement is distancing itself from Thunberg’s behavior.
According to police, Thunberg spent some time at a demonstration in downtown Leipzig on Wednesday evening and gave a short speech. Around 200 people took part in the registered demonstration.
Thunberg and other members of the Swedish branch of the climate protection group Fridays for Future accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip in December. At the same time, the group condemned anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents in Sweden.
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