Strong pro-Israel consensus among political leaders has led to conflict with Berlin’s diverse cultural sector and a fraught debate over antisemitism

Less than 10 years ago, Germany, and especially Berlin, was held up as a beacon of openness and inclusivity in a western world rocked by Brexit and Donald Trump. Angela Merkel’s decision to take in thousands of refugees displaced by the war in Syria boosted her country’s reputation in progressive circles, with many international artists and academics choosing to make the German capital their new home.

Yet the conflict in the Middle East is showing Germany in a new light, highlighting fissures in society and the arts world that until now had been easier to ignore.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    344·
    8 months ago

    If they beat up someone, they should be charged with the crime they did. Why do new crimes need to be invented?

    • geissi@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Criminal prosecution is not done by universities so if universities want to act on this they need a different legal basis for that.

    • Turun@feddit.deEnglish
      41·
      8 months ago

      Why do new crimes need to be invented?

      This is not at all what they are saying. Such a new law would not introduce a new crime, but be an amendment to the university’s rules so that they are allowed to expel students who committed certain crimes before.