How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today.

Yuval Abraham criticises German officials, saying statement devalues term ‘antisemitism’ and puts Jewish lives in danger

Schelling Architecture Foundation refuses to give James Bridle the €10k prize after signing of open letter

Berlinale head, Tricia Tuttle, says some artists fear criticism of Israeli actions will be condemned as antisemitism

The study "Germany and Israel Today: Between Connection and Alienation" examines the current state of the two countries’ relations.

For decades, Germany’s commitment to Israel has been a moral constant, rooted in the weight of its history. But can that history remain a compass when so many of today’s voices feel unmoored from it?

The Federal Republic has long been one of the Jewish state’s most loyal allies — but why exactly?

Intensified by the war in Gaza, the German antisemitism debate has taken an alarming turn

The country’s pre-existing tensions are being stoked further by the Gaza crisis—and only the political extremes will benefit

The Jerusalem Post has proposed that Germany pay off its remaining Holocaust reparations in military hardware for Israel. No financial compensation can make up for history's greatest crimes — but it shouldn’t be used against Palestinians in the present.

From textbooks to trips, Germany's education system is aggressively pushing a pro-Israel narrative hostile to any Palestinian dissent in the classroom.

Memories get blurrier all the time.

A torrent of canceled events is threatening Germany’s reputation as a haven for artistic freedom.

Since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 and subsequent war in Gaza, discussion of the conflict has been shut down like never before

An open letter from Jewish artists, writers, and scholars in Germany

More than 3 million Germans have protested against the rise of the far right in the country. Israel's war on Gaza has rehashed the residual trauma and shame over the Holocaust.

If you think the debate over Israel-Palestine is grim in the United States, wait until you hear what’s happening in Germany.

By criticising the journalist Masha Gessen, Germany misunderstands one of its greatest thinkers, Hannah Arendt.

Activist and writer Hebh Jamal has been flying under the radar of Germany’s political and press elite, a group she identifies as having a vested interest in smearing any discussion of Palestinian identity as an infringement against the state of Israel.

A German foundation withdraws a prize due to calls for a boycott of Israel, a festival cancels an exhibition of children’s drawings from Gaza. Since 7 October 2023, more and more such cases have become known. The German Schelling Architecture Foundation has withdrawn a €10,000 ‘Theory Prize’ from British artist James Bridle just a few […]

Click on the first link for a list of actions taken against supporters of Palestine in Germany.

Israel's security is an element of Germany's "reason of state," Chancellor Angela Merkel famously stated. What does it mean? And where did it come from?

We the undersigned are scholars of the Holocaust and antisemitism from different institutions.

by Andrea Scrima