That an article is headlined like this without hyperbole 80 years after World War 2 and 74 years after the end of the Holocaust should shock us all.
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What happened in #Halle was awful where two people were murdered, but it wasn't the first time a synagogue had been targeted. /2
Worryingly, a number of these attacks have happened in the last 5 years.
We screenshot evidence of the attacks on Synagogues in Germany in a thread below. /3
Nobody is saying Israel cannot be criticised, but that does not include antisemitic language or violent antisemitic attacks such as the attack on the New Synagogue in Dusseldorf. /8
It was "An invitation to further crimes." /12
The motive of the man with the knife was found to be unclear.
He was released to the dismay of German Jewish communal leaders. /14
Across Germany, the UK and worldwide we are seeing the rise of Antisemitism.
We must combat it.
Surely we do not want a world where Jews feel their lives are at risk if they show their faith openly. /17
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