2023-10-12 22:54:00
In Germany and Great Britain, protection of Jewish institutions is being strengthened. The trigger was calls from Hamas for protests on Friday. London is making 3.5 million euros available to protect the Jewish community. According to the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the 16 federal states have once again increased the protection of Jewish institutions. Last Generation climate activists are suspending their protests on Friday to defund the police.
Because of feared acts of violence by Hamas supporters against Jewish institutions on Friday, Israel is also warning its citizens abroad to be vigilant. “It can be assumed that there will be protest events in various countries that could turn violent,” warned the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the National Security Council on Thursday evening. They also advised Israelis to stay away from demonstrations.
In Germany, the Central Council of Jews announced that calls for acts of violence against Jewish institutions on Friday had been circulating on social networks since Wednesday. The threats have not been verified, but there could be copycats or individual perpetrators. “There is an abstract increased risk situation,” explained the Central Council. “We are in constant communication with the security authorities, who take the security situation for Jews in Germany very seriously.”
“The measures to protect Jewish institutions are currently being coordinated very closely between the federal and state governments,” said BKA boss Holger Münch to the Editorial Network Germany (RND). The BKA only spoke about the current situation in a conference with the federal states on Wednesday. “The states are now running them at an increased level throughout Germany,” said Münch about the security measures.
In view of Hamas’ call to the Arab world for support actions, Münch expects that this will also “resonate” with German Hamas supporters. It’s about “clearly drawing” the boundaries of demonstrations. Of course it is allowed to show sympathy for the fate of Israelis and Palestinians or to protest, said the BKA boss. “But if the whole thing is misused for terrorist propaganda, then the limits of not only criminal law have been exceeded. Then we also have to stop such gatherings.”
The organization Last Generation announced on the platform We have informed the police about this.”
According to the British government, 139 anti-Semitic incidents have been recorded in Great Britain since the major attack on Israel by the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas over the weekend, an increase of 400 percent compared to the same period in 2022. It has given the Community Security Trust (CST) three million pounds ( almost 3.5 million euros) was made available to provide greater protection for Jewish institutions, including schools and synagogues. The CST was founded to protect British Jews from hate attacks and similar threats.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Turkish community in Germany called on people not to allow themselves to be manipulated by Hamas. “Stay away from Hamas’ manipulation, it harms Muslims all over the world!” said Gökay Sofuoglu to the Berlin “Tagesspiegel” (Friday). “We should take a clear stance together. I therefore appeal to all Muslims in Germany not to allow themselves to be exploited by Hamas.” Because of the terror in Israel and the expressions of solidarity in Germany, he is worried about “peaceful coexistence” in this country.
The background is the terrorist attack by the Islamist organization Hamas on Israel and the military reaction of the attacked country, in particular the air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which is populated by Palestinians. Some pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Germany cheered the Hamas attack. This Friday, Hamas has called on Muslims around the world to take part in support activities.
The radical Islamic Hamas not only called on Muslims in general to protest on Friday. She also calls on the Palestinians for “general mobilization.” They were scheduled to demonstrate in the West Bank on Friday and seek combat with Israeli soldiers and settlers, a statement said. They were also supposed to protest at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.
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