Tag: Michael Blume
On social media, German official calls on Netanyahu to ‘tear down this wall’
Michael Blume, the commissioner for combating antisemitism for the German state of Baden-Württemberg, has prompted criticism for his decision to share a social-media post drawing a parallel between the Berlin wall and Israel’s security fence.
Blume retweeted...
German official urged to resign after calling British officer Israeli ‘war criminal’
A German official has been pressed to resign or be fired immediately for making accusations about a decorated World War II British Army hero and icon in Israel, reported Fox News.
Michael Blume, commissioner against anti-Semitism...
German public TV blasted for airing claim ‘Jewish lobby’ controls US Mideast policy
The airing on German public television of an interview in which a German political scientist claimed that the Biden administration’s foreign policy was controlled by the “Jewish lobby” drew sharp criticism online and in...
German anti-Semitism czar with ‘anti-Zionist’ proclivities accused of splintering Jewish community
At the end of 2021, the Simon Wiesenthal Center came out with its annual “Global Anti-Semitism “Top 10” list. Germany was listed at No. 7, behind Hamas and Iran, for failing to curb anti-Semitism. It singled...