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People angry over COVID curbs have been held responsible for damaging the offices of two German lawmakers on New Year's Eve — including the constituency office of Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.
The choice of the 40-year-old Green Party member leaves analysts and the media unsure over effects on the domestic Jewish community, anti-Semitism and Israel policy, among other things.
Germany's Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz has cleared the final hurdle on the path to becoming the country's next chancellor on Wednesday after three parties signed a coalition agreement on Tuesday.
“We now have a culture minister who is a close friend of the Iranians and who has bowed her head wearing a headscarf in front of the mullah regime, in addition to being a supporter of the boycotters of Israel,” said Sacha Stawski, head of the pro-Israel watchdog group Honestly Concerned.
The approval of Green Party members was the last hurdle for a new three-way coalition government in Germany. The two other parties, the Free Democrats and the Social Democrats have already voted in favor.