Celebrate diversity! But only the kind the left and its allies like.
“Anger Surrounding the Israel Flag: City of Hagen Takes Flag Down,” translated from “Irritationen um Israel-Flagge: Stadt Hagen Holt Fahne Ein,” WestfalenPost, May 12, 2021 (thanks to Medforth):
HAGEN. The city of Hagen has taken down an Israeli flag at the town hall again. This was to avoid misunderstandings.
Like numerous other cities and municipalities in Germany, the city of Hagen hoisted the Israeli flag at the town hall on Wednesday. As in the previous year, this referred to the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany on May 12, 1965.
Against the background of current events in the Middle East, according to the city administration, the raising of the flag caused anger and was perceived by some people as a one-sided expression of solidarity with regard to the current conflict. There were several complaints, according to a city spokeswoman.
In order to correct this impression and to prevent further misunderstandings, the city of Hagen, in coordination with the Hagen police, took the flag down again on Wednesday.
Fred Alan Medforth says
Germany: Call for Israel to be destroyed by Muslim protesters is not incitement of the people for the Hessian Minister of the Interior
The Jewish community and the Hessian anti-Semitism commissioner Uwe Becker ( Christian Democratic Union, CDU) sharply criticise the “Nakba” demonstration planned for May 15 in Frankfurt and accuse the pro-Palestinian organisers of anti-Semitism. Remarkable: The very statement that is perceived as anti-Semitic in this context, i.e. “free Palestine from the river to the sea”, was previously considered by the Ministry of the Interior in a parliamentary AfD question as not relevant under criminal law.
Klaus Herrmann, spokesperson on domestic policy for the Hessian AfD parliamentary group, explains:
“During a demonstration on October 3, 2020 by Migrantifa Hessen and Black Power Frankfurt, statements were made that are considered anti-Semitic. Among others, the sentence: ‘Palestine will be free – from the river to the sea’. We asked the Ministry of the Interior in our parliamentary question (Dr. 20/4016) for an assessment of this exclamation and they replied that the public prosecutor’s office did not see any need to investigate the incitement of the people due to a lack of initial suspicion.
Literally: ‘According to the report of the public prosecutor’s office, the main reason for refusing to start an investigation was that the incitement was not directed against a domestic part of the population’. The incitement was therefore directed against people living in Israel and not against Jews or Israelis living in Germany.
Herrmann continues: “The exclamation ‘free Palestine from the river to the sea’, which appears identically in the announcement of the demonstration, is likely to associate the destruction of Israel. In this respect, we understand the reaction of the Jewish community. However, the fact that the Ministry of the Interior follows the assessment of the public prosecutor’s office and does not see a potential call for the destruction of Israel as incitement of the people may be legally correct, but it is morally very questionable.
https://medforth.biz/germany-call-for-israel-to-be-destroyed-by-muslim-protesters-is-not-incitement-of-the-people-for-the-hessian-minister-of-the-interior/
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link, Fred.
mortimer says
Thanks Fred, but calls to overthrow Israel are ipso facto genocidal. Israel is the Jewish homeland.
The Germans are comforting anti-Semites.
Will Tyson says
Sign of solidarity with Israel: the Israeli flag in front of the Bavarian State Chancellery. We stand firmly on the side of Israel. We strongly condemn all forms of terrorism.#Israel
https://twitter.com/Markus_Soeder/status/
Israel-Palestine: Hamas rocket fire at Israel “terrorist attacks”, says Berlin
Germany has also warned that it will not tolerate “anti-Semitic demonstrations” on its soil.
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/proche-orient/israel-palestine/direct-israel-palestine-les-raids-israeliens-ont-fait-plus-de-100-morts-depuis-lundi-annonce-le-hamas_4623393.html
mortimer says
The Nazis are back in Germany and they have beards and clipped mustaches.
Will Tyson says
Baerbock condemns Hamas attacks on Israel: “We stand on the side of the Israelis”
Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock condemns the rocket attacks on Israel by the Islamist Hamas “in the strongest possible way.”
“We stand by the side of the Israelis in these difficult hours.”
The incidents in Germany related to the conflict are also worrying the Green politician.
https://www.rnd.de/politik/baerbock-verurteilt-angriffe-der-hamas-auf-israel-wir-stehen-an-der-seite-der-israelis-CHHXB74Z73KJNFHHP7R3DM6QDA.html
when even the leftist parties are pro-israel i think its safe to say anti-semitism is not widespread in a country
CogitoErgoSum says
Islam needs to be banned in Germany – and all of Europe for that matter. No new mosques should be allowed to be built and all those that already exist should not be allowed to be repaired. Those who wish to live a better life should be encouraged to leave Islam and given a tax break if they do so. Islam needs to be given a dose of its own medicine ….. or should I say forced to eat its own poison.
James Lincoln says
CogitoErgoSum says,
“No new mosques should be allowed to be built and all those that already exist should not be allowed to be repaired.”
And may I add that any mosque in Germany that preaches “violence toward infidels” should be torn down…
Infidel says
That is not enough. The Left will demand that they put up the Pali flag in its place. Which reminds me of the 2016 DNC primaries when Bernies supporters waved Pali flags in protest against the Wikileaks exposure of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s attempts to rig that primary for Hillary Clinton
born saturday says
i bet they plan to add a moon in each star in the european flag but then again isnt germany that stood by the turks timelessly…… but ofcourse the pakistani studs do such a good job that they lustfully love islam…. they and their fascist antifascist balony they sold us all since the union… they led europe to its degradation and downgrading and subjugation…. they led us like cattle to the cliffs………
Will Tyson says
saying they “Stood by the Turks” is pushing it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Caucasus_expedition
gravenimage says
Germany: City of Hagen removes Israeli flag to avoid offending Muslims
…………..
More cringing dhimmitude.
GreekEmpress says
Note to Germany:
Pandering NEVER works.
Bob C says
why are they always so afraid?
Ren says
Pandering to muslims is no good. Just beat them.
Yogi says
What a dumb nation , first they are protecting Jewish from Muslim and racism , then they removing the flag , unbelievable, ..
libertyORdeath says
I never thought we would see the persecution of the Jewish people like we are today. It’s pretty incredible considering that this happened in Germany while there are still holocaust survivors living inexplicably in their country.
I still can’t really understand how the left has jumped on the “Palestinian” bandwagon so completely. They do realize that not all jews are European right? You would think such a diverse group would be the darling of the left, but they just can’t see past their anti-european racism I guess.
jewdog says
Please post some good news, like Austria’s support for Israel and their hoisting of the Israeli flag atop their capitol building.
OLD GUY says
Don’t want to offend a simple minded islamic person, they are taught from childhood to KILL non-islamic people. Its blessed by Muhammad who slaughtered thousands for profit and power and then married a child bride. How could you go wrong following a great prophet of Allah?
Andrew Blackadder says
Does the youth of Germany today know that Nazism and the islamic teachings are in the same bed?.
They all seem rather ashamed of their Past when Hitler rose to power, but today they seem to embrace, warmly, an ideology that is the exact same, and in many ways even worse,as muslims are much more sneaky in their manner of taking over Germany,whereas the Nazis were out front, and even a blind man could see their pure hate and evil.
Such a shame that Germany wants even more nazi/islamist into Germany in the guise of diversity.
Im glad I knew Germany in the 1970s and that I will not live long enough to see my beautiful European Culture totally destroyed by savages, helped along by the youth of Germany today.
History repeats itself.
Crusades Were Right says
How about the Germans just flying their OWN flag over public buildings in Germany?
Yeah, I know… totally nuts, right? lol