The police recorded significantly more anti-Semitic crimes in the second quarter of this year than in the same period last year. According to a response from the federal government to a query from the Left Party, 899 anti-Semitic crimes have been registered so far this year for the months of April to June. In the same quarter last year, 715 such crimes were reported to the police.
For this comparison, data without subsequent reports are taken into account. It often only becomes apparent after a delay that an act had a particular ideological background.
Police believe that 451 of the antisemitic crimes recorded in the second quarter of this year had a right-wing motive. 322 antisemitic crimes were classified as “foreign ideology.” A total of 15 people were slightly injured in antisemitic crimes during this period.
“Far too little is being done to effectively combat anti-Semitism and effectively protect Jewish life in Germany,” says Left Party MP Clara Bünger. The interior policy expert also emphasizes: “What doesn’t help the fight against anti-Semitism at all is when legitimate protests against Israel’s genocidal warfare are defamed as anti-Semitic or even criminalized.”
Israel is taking action against Hamas in Gaza, not against the civilian population. The Palestinian terrorist organization has announced further massacres in the style of October 7, 2023, and has declared its intention to wipe out Israel. It continues to refuse to release 48 hostages it has held for 704 days. While Israel works to crush Hamas, it is ensuring the import of aid for Gazans. Since Hamas began the war, the amount has reached a good two million tons. A large portion of it was stolen by the terrorist organization .
