German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday vowed to guard Jewish establishments and communities amid rising acts of antisemitism in Germany since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.
“Each type of antisemitism poisons our society. We gained’t tolerate it,” Scholz stated on the event of the eighty fifth anniversary of the Nazis’ “Kristallnacht” pogrom of Jews.
“By no means once more — meaning the bodily safety of Jewish establishments and communities. It implies that the police and judiciary constantly implement relevant regulation,” he stated, including: “October seventh permits just one conclusion: Germany’s place is on Israel’s aspect.”
Scholz additionally stated he was glad that many have proven their solidarity with the victims of the Hamas assault. “That provides us confidence and strengthens our group,” he stated.
Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, advised the Jewish weekly newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine that “the photographs from German streets by which folks of Arab origin particularly are calling for the destruction of Israel and the extermination of all Jews converse to deep-rooted fears which might be additionally associated to November 9, 1938.”