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.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺English
    4•9 months ago

    Considering not even the openly neonazi AfD are classified as extremist

    except in many cases they are, and except the fact that this should be ringing alarm bells when left leaning organizations are targeted by the government. Taking their tax exempt status, like it was done with the VVN is a death sentence to non profit organizations.

    Also how do you want to get peer reviewed studies about something that is happening right now and in that extent and with that attention since six months?

    • @[email protected]English
      -1•9 months ago

      Yeah, only some of the Landesverbände, not the federal party - which is what really matters.

      So would you say, there is as of yet insufficient evidence for a factual conclusion?