Questions added to citizenship test on antisemitism, Israel and Germany's responsibility towards Jewish people
  • ralphio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    222·
    1 year ago

    Bit of a double standard though, right? They don’t have to affirm Palestinian’s right to statehood. If not saying Israel is a legitimate state is anti-semitism, wouldn’t that make the same stance toward Palestine islamaphobia?

    • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.deEnglish
      1014·
      1 year ago

      Yes. It’s a Double standard. It was born out of history. Namely the genocide on the Jews by the nationalsocialists.

      Germany doesn’t have a special history with Palestine, so they don’t get mentioned.

      And yes, I think Germany should recognise a Palestinian state.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        126·
        1 year ago

        What does israel have to do with anti-semitsm?

        You keep intentionally conflating Judaism and Zionism after been corrected.

        Furthermore you don’t appear to know the history of israel. Zionists had been colonizing Palestine years before Hitler came to power.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            143·
            1 year ago

            But that’s the point. Recognizing israel is absolutely irrelevant to anti-semitism.

            If anything israel using Judaism as a shield for their war crimes is the biggest cause of anti-semitism.

            So this move by the German government does not combat anti-semitism. It creates anti-semitism by specifically calling israel a “Jewish” state.