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New German citizenship test includes questions about Israel, Jews and the Nazis

The test is seeking to increase knowledge of ‘German values’ among new immigrants

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Sample of a German "Einbuergerungstest" (citizenship test) made available at one of Berlin's Volkshochschule (VHS) September 22, 2008, during the first test session in the capital. Germany on September 1 introduced a test foreigners will be required to take if they want to become German citizens, but critics have slammed the move as discriminatory. Officials came up with 310 questions to determine whether an applicant knows enough about the country's political system, history and cultural heritage to earn a German passport. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Warning: Germany's former Intelligence chief August Hanning (Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Former German Intelligence head blames far-left and Muslim migrants for growing antisemitism

By Daniel Ben-David

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Screenshot shows the still active Facebook page of Samidoun Deutschland (Photo: Getty)

Banned pro-Palestine group to hold ‘congress’ in Berlin

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Frankfurt launches app to help fight antisemitism

Frankfurt launches app to help fight antisemitism

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Fight to preserve ‘Holocaust way station’ as memorial to the dead

Fight to preserve ‘Holocaust way station’ as memorial to the dead

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German pair fear they must leave home Nazis forcibly took from Jewish owners

German pair fear they must leave home Nazis forcibly took from Jewish owners

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Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations speaks to the media outside the Security Council chambers July 20, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York as an emergency closed door meeting of the Security Council about the situation in Gaza was called. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany must ‘wake up’ to huge antisemitic surge, says Israel’s envoy to Berlin

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Iran linked to German synagogue attack by court

Foreign ministry summons Iranian diplomat after court convicts German-Iranian of Bochum crime

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December 28, 2023 13:11

Bochum, Germany

Berlin club says sorry after refusing to host Jewish parties

The historic Zenner venue forced to climb down after public outcry

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December 20, 2023 15:07

Berlin club says sorry after refusing to host Jewish parties

German police raid homes of ‘antisemitic’ activity suspects

One person reportedly posted a clown with the words 'Gas the Jews' in a WhatsApp chat

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November 22, 2023 13:52

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: A Bundespolizei police officer stands next to her K-9 unit dog named Cooper at Tegel airport on August 1, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The topic of today's German federal Cabinet meeting was the replacement of the entire leadership of the German federal police, the Bundespolizei. News emerged on July 28 that the incumbent Federal Police President, Matthias Seeger, was to be fired along with his two deputies, Wolfgang Lohmann and Michael Frehse. On July 30, German Interior Minister Friedrich confirmed that Seeger was sent into retirement, while Lohmann and Frehse were shifted into other responsibilities. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

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German support for Israel is not all it may seem

The war with Hamas has provided a language in which to discuss problems of migration

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November 16, 2023 16:37

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (2nd L) and Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg (L) light the first candle on a menorah candelabra to celebrate the Jewish festival of lights with the Jewish community at the Heinz Galinski School in Berlin on December 19, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

German police launch nationwide raid on suspected pro-Hezbollah Islamist group

The Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) is also suspected of promoting Iranian ideology

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November 16, 2023 12:28

German police launch nationwide raid on suspected pro-Hezbollah Islamist group

Germany's Jewish Community leader laments inaction over antisemitism

Josef Schuster expresses disappointment that justice ministers have not recommended tougher laws on Jew hate

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November 16, 2023 12:05

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 9: Josef Schuster at the Commemorative event on the 85th anniversary for the night of the pogrom in 1938 in the synagogue Beth Zion on November 9, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. On November 9-10, 1938, Nazi-led mobs ransacked synagogues and other Jewish establishments across Germany. This year's anniversary is being commemorated with the fresh and horrific memory of the October 7 incursions by Hamas militants into Israel, in which 1,400 people were killed in the worst one-day loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust. (Photo by Andreas Gora - Pool/Getty Images)

German Christians urged to step up the fight on Jew hate

Leader of Germany’s Evangelical church tells synod that Jewish people should ‘not have the slightest doubt that they can count on the churches' in battling antisemitism

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November 16, 2023 12:00

German Christians urged to step up the fight on Jew hate

German kindergarten ditches plan to scrap Anne Frank’s name

Figures around the world voiced their disgust at plans to erase the Dutch Holocaust victims name

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November 14, 2023 13:33

German kindergarten ditches plan to scrap Anne Frank’s name

Pro-Hamas activists flee Germany for Switzerland after government ban

Germany delays legal authorisation to roundup Samidoun members and lets them escape

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November 9, 2023 10:27

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 03: This screenshot shows the still active Facebook page of Samidoun Deutschland, the German chapter of the international Palestinian-rights activists group Samidoun, including the slogan: "Free Palestine From The River To The Sea", which negates Israel's right to exist, on November 03, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The day before the German government announced it is banning Samidoun and all its activities due to the group's public celebration of the deadly October 7 incursions by Hamas fighters into Israel. The government is also banning any activities that might support Hamas, which enables law enforcement to clamp down on any related fundraising activities. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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