This study is making the rounds on German Twitter. It makes clear that young German pro-Palestine leftists are not antisemitic. That's great. But look at the questions on 'antizionist antisemitism' that you need to answer accordingly to NOT be classified as antisemitic: /1

https://twitter.com/0331gabriel/status/1844280548426121509

'Do you agree: A) Israel has a right to exist as homeland for the Jewish people. B) Israel has the right to defend itself against those who want to destroy it. C) Israel treats the Palestinians as the Nazis treated the Jews.' Does it ring a bell? The IHRA definition in action! /2

I hadn’t realised how engrained anti-Palestinian racism is in German society and politics until I listened to these podcasts going back to 2022. Striking: in contrast to the US no Israel lobby is needed to fund efforts to suppress pro Palestine activism /1 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-… German civil society and institutions do it VOLUNTARILY out of fear of being labelled antisemitic if they are not full on pro Israel no matter what. /2

I’ve reflected a lot on the German “never again” lately. When I was a child I remember asking my grandma how they could let the genocide happen. Her answer: “We just didn’t know”. She said while in her home town the Jewish people were deported, right in front of them. /1 When I visited the concentration camp in Buchenwald I remember being told how the smoke of burned human flesh went up and smothered the entire town below, day after day. Still the response of the townspeople afterwards: “We didn’t know”. /2