A Jewish resident of the German city of Potsdam, near
Berlin, who wore a kippah with a Star of David, was attacked and
insulted in front of Potsdam Central Station.
Officials had
identified two Syrian nationals as the alleged perpetrators, reported a
spokesman of Brandenburg police on Sunday. Police are treating it as a
hate crime.
The 25-year-old student told German press that he wears the kippah daily.
"When I got off the tram at the main station, I noticed shadows behind me," he reported.
The
next moment he was spat on with antisemitic threats and gestures. He
then alerted the federal police. The 2 Syrians were taken for
questioning and later released whilst the investigation is ongoing.
Germany
has witnessed growing antisemitic attacks recently, leading to a
warning from the country’s commissioner on combating antisemitism about
not wearing kippot in public spaces.
This in turn led to Germany’s best-selling newspaper Bild to print an extraordinary front-page commentary
in May declaring that, “The kippah belongs to Germany,” with a cut out
of a kippah that could be worn as a sign of solidarity against rising
antisemitism in Germany.
1 comment:
The so-called jews in Israel spit on priests in Israel all the time. Is that
considered a hate crime in Israel-Palestine?
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