Questions added to citizenship test on antisemitism, Israel and Germany's responsibility towards Jewish people

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.

  • ZagorathEnglish
    9•6 months ago

    by any definition

    The IHRA’s definition does, so you can’t say “any”.

    That said, the IHRA definition was pretty specifically created to be zionist and a shield for Israel, and should be rejected on those grounds.