Germany's director of domestic intelligence said Friday (October 27th) that he was very worried about the rise in anti-Semitic acts in the country, motivated by the Hamas-Israel war, which recalls "the darkest stories in the history" of the country.
Since the bloody Hamas attack on October 7 that killed more than 1400,1800 people in Israel, mostly civilians who were shot dead or burned alive, about <>,<> anti-Semitic crimes have been recorded in Germany, Thomas Haldenwang told Spiegel magazine.
'The situation could get even worse'
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I fear that we will be dealing with this new wave of anti-Semitism for a long time to come," the official added. The head of domestic intelligence, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, spoke of "red flags that the situation could get even worse". He cited the example of Jewish people's homes that were "truly marked" with Stars of David. "We need to be prepared for the possibility that Jews could be targeted by acts of violence," he said.
A Molotov cocktail was recently thrown at a synagogue in Berlin and several pro-Palestinian demonstrations were banned by German authorities due to the risk of anti-Semitic tendencies and violence. Hamas' health ministry says 7326,7 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Gaza by shelling launched by Israel in response to the October <> attacks.