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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed Sunday to stamp out anti-Semitism at the opening of a new synagogue, amid a spike in anti-Jewish incidents in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Germany's chancellor and president strongly denounced a rise in antisemitism in Germany in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in separate appearances Sunday that stressed the same idea that it is unacceptable for such hatred to flourish in the nation that perpetrated the Holocaust.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that he is outraged by the antisemitic agitation spreading in Germany as the Israel-Hamas war rages.
Scholz warned that the vow of 'never again' must be unbreakable at the inauguration of a synagogue in Dessau, a city whose synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis 85 years ago.
Several thousand people rallied in support of Israel in Berlin on Sunday as the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to stamp out a resurgence of anti-Semitic incidents in the wake of the Israel-Hamas conflict.Police said around 10,000 people gathered at Brandenburg Gate for the demonstration in solidarity with Israel and in opposition to anti-Semitism, though organisers put the figure at 25,000."It is unbearable that Jews are living in fear again today -- especially in our country," Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the crowds.