Germany is considering a law that would criminalize denying Israel's right to exist, potentially violating its constitution.

The German government now intends to put into law to punish Germans with up to 5 years in jail if they deny Israel's "right to exist". Such a law would of course very likely violate the German constitution, like virtually everything the current German government does these days. And Germany already has a law that protects anyone from incitement and hate against the group they belong to, including jews. A law that specifically protects Israel no matter what Israel does serves of course only to suppress valid criticism of genocide and Israel's hard-right course who currently want to attack Iran *again*. In a country that respects its own constitution, this planned law would never even have been proposed. Hat tip to @mago. As I write this, Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, is on visit in Israel, Germany's "good and close friend", to "keep communications channels open" as public hostility towards Israel increases. And Germany's minister of the interior, Alexander Dobrindt, and the federal presidents of Germany's police have had multiple visits in Israel, Germany's "natural partner", to start training each other's police and to learn from Israel how it controls a population in an apartheid state using technology and AI (the real, working all-too-well AI, like computer vision, not the LLMs that are sold to us as "AI"). https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1201039.bundesrat-existenzrecht-israels-bundesrat-will-leugnung-des-existenzrechts-israels-bestrafen.html #Israel #Germany #surveillance #authoritarianism

Report: Anyone in Germany who publicly denies Israel’s right to exist or calls for its abolition could face up to five years in prison under a new draft law. The proposal would probably violate Germany’s constitution. The govt research service said the law could create a "special right against a specific opinion & conflict with freedom of expression under Article 5 of the Basic Law". https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-moves-criminalise-denial-israels-existence-while-refusing-recognise-palestine #USPol #EUPol #Germany #fakeAntisemitism #gazaGenocide #news #racism .

Germany's upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, has approved a bill that would make it a criminal offense to publicly deny Israel's right to exist or call for the country's abolition. If approved by the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, after the summer recess, the legislation would carry a penalty of up to five years in prison or a fine. The proposal grants Israel special legal protection despite Germany not recognizing the State of Palestine. It also reflects Germany's broader policy, including continued military support for Israel and censorship of pro-Palestinian activism. #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Palestinian