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GERMANY voted to define the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as anti-semitic yesterday, becoming the only European nation to do so.
The German parliament accepted the motion titled “Resist the BDS Movement” which stated that “the German Bundestag is unwavering in its commitment to condemn and combat anti-semitism in all its forms.”
The Bundestag stressed it will oppose “anyone who defames people because of their Jewish identity, questions the right of the Jewish and democratic state of Israel to exist or Israel’s right to defend itself.”
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
In part two of May’s Berlin Bulletin, VICTOR GROSSMAN, having assessed the policies of the new government, looks at how the opposition is faring