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New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Applicants for German citizenship will be required to explicitly affirm Israel's right to exist under a new citizenship law which came into effect on Tuesday.

The new law shortened the number of years that a person must have lived in Germany in order to obtain a passport, from eight to five years. It will also allow first-generation migrants to be dual citizens.

As part of the shake-up, new questions were added to the country's citizenship test, including about Judaism and Israel's right to exist.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (35 children)

This is a good decision. Antisemitism is on the rise in Germany. 4782 antisemitic incidents in 2023, which is 83% more than the year before. 58% of these incidents occured after Oct 7.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I wonder what definition of antisemitism they use

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Just to give an orientation: denying Israel's right to exist, i.e. antizionism, including the Slogan: 'From the river to the sea – Palestina shall be free', counts as antisemitism, while criticising the Israeli government for killing civilians does not. Cheering Hamas killing Israeli civilians counts as appreciation of terror and antisemitism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

including the Slogan: 'From the river to the sea – Palestine shall be free'

As it should, this phrase and it's Israeli counterpart "between the sea and the Jordan there will be only Israeli sovereignty" are often accompanied by calls for mass deportation at best and genocide at worst.

These sentences are not bad on their own, but the parties from which they originate (Hamas and Likud) have transparent desires for war crimes and genocide.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I am unsure whether the Israeli counterpart is counted as incitement of popular hatred (Volksverhetzung) in Germany yet, specifically if it has been classified as such by a court.

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