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Germany's Obsession With Defending Israel and Criminalizing Speech Aided AfD's Rise (open.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For something to be “criminalized”, it needs to be criminal. Antisemitism isn't a crime in Germany, so branding something as such might be propaganda but has no legal consequences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah sorry I believe that in Germany they call it incitement to hate or something like that, which is criminal.

edit: from a very quick search I found this http://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/8/6/german-court-fines-woman-for-from-the-river-to-the-sea-chant which meand that by this judicature it is directly criminal. Also this source https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/1699528989-berlin-criminalizes-slogan-from-the-river-to-the-sea-palestine-will-be-free. But here I dont know how reliable this source is