‘No Jews allowed’: German hotel removed from booking site over message to Israeli guests

An investigation by the Israeli consulate found that the message had been issued on behalf of the hotel.

According to officials, the hotel initially denied responsibility but later acknowledged that one of its employees had sent the response.

The case has since been escalated to Bavarian authorities, including the state commissioner for combating antisemitism within the Justice Ministry, who is expected to assess whether legal proceedings are warranted.

Talya Lador, Israel’s consul general to southern Germany, addressed the incident on X, writing: “Are we back in the 1930s? I am glad Booking[.com] removed this hotel from its platform.”

Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, also told Israel’s N12 News that “something must be done. When they write ‘No entry for Jews’ they are no longer hiding”.

The news comes a day after a separate case in Germany, in which a man avoided jail after displaying a sign in his shop window reading: “No Jews are allowed to enter this place!!!”.

A court found that the notice amounted to incitement to hatred and handed the 60-year-old man, from Flensburg, a six-month suspended prison sentence. He was also ordered to pay €1,200 to the memorial at the former Ladelund concentration camp.

According to German media outlets, the man apparently admitted during police questioning that he had decided to post the sign because the Jewish people he knew had not opposed the war in Gaza.