Since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, Germany has seen a large uptick in the number of recorded antisemitism incidents, including the attempted firebombing of a Berlin synagogue and an anti-Israel riot in the German capital that led to 20 police being injured.<\/p>\n
The Federal Association of Research and Information Centres on Anti-Semitism (Rias), has recorded 202 antisemitic incidents since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began on October 7th. The newspaper\u00a0Die Welt<\/em>\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that the figure is a 240% increase compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n The vast majority of the incidents are anti-Israel in nature\u2014nine in ten of those reported. Rias claimed that Israel is largely being blamed for the massacres carried out by Hamas.<\/p>\n In fifteen cases, residences of Jews were marked with a Star of David, evoking scenes from the 1930s when the German Nazi party\u2019s Stormtroopers, the Sturmabteilung, painted Stars of David on businesses that were later\u00a0targeted for attacks and boycotts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n 🔴German Jews: \u2018Berlin Synagogues Are Burning Again\u2019 <\/p>\n Over 200 #antisemitic<\/a> incidents recorded since October 7th. #Germany<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/40fMjt1eTt<\/a><\/p>\n — The European Conservative (@EuroConOfficial) October 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n