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1 Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 4/19 Aktuelles Aus Israelischen Tageszeitungen Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 4/19 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-28. Februar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Antisemitismus im Aufschwung .................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Israelische Parlamentswahlen ....................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Neuer Eklat mit Polen ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Medienquerschnitt ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Antisemitismus im Aufschwung defense for all Jews in the Diaspora and a life Die Zahl der antisemitischen Übergriffe weltweit insurance policy. As a member of the French nimmt dramatisch zu. Schlagzeilen machten zum parliament and a Jew, I am worried mainly for einen die antisemitischen Beleidigungen gegen den France itself. (…) It doesn't matter if it's the Left or französischen Schriftsteller und Philosophen Alain the extreme Right – hatred of Israel has become a Finkielkraut am Rande der sozialen Proteste der calling card for those who hate Jews. The hypocrisy sogenannten Gelbwesten. Aufgebrachte Demonst- reaches new heights when we hear far-left parties rant_innen beschimpften Finkielkraut als „dreckigen defending the recent anti-Semitic incidents. These Zionisten“ und forderten ihn dazu auf, „nach Tel are the same parties that advocate boycotts of Israel Aviv“ zu gehen. Zum anderen löste der Überfall in and laud terrorists in street demonstrations. All this Argentinien auf den Obersten Rabbiner Gabriel is happening as France boycotts the Warsaw Davidovich große Bestürzung aus. Davidovich und summit, which is effectively a meeting about seine Frau waren von mehreren Männern, die den countering Iran. Where is the logic? How can we roll Rabbiner schwer misshandelten, in ihrer Wohnung out the red carpet for a regime that espouses hatred überfallen worden. Berichten zufolge, sollen die of Jews and hatred of Israel, while at the same time Angreifer gerufen haben: „Wir wissen, dass Du der condemning anti-Semitism at home? Our leaders Rabbi von Amia bist.“ are right to worry about the rise in anti-Semitism but, paradoxically, they are trying at all costs to Anti-Semitism in yellow vests normalize our relations with the Islamic Republic of These are dark days for France, days that are giving Iran, a jihadist regime that unceasingly calls to "wipe rise to questions about the future of France's Jews. Israel off the map" and seeks to perpetrate a second (…) we are becoming used to shouts, attacks, and Holocaust. violence. They have become routine. (…) On the Meyer Habib, IHY, 18.02.19 internet, we are witnessing a tsunami of hatred. (…) The numbers are astonishing. Figures indicate a Beyond populism and anti-Semitism 74% rise in anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 after a (…) The waves of populism and anti-Semitism are 26% rise in 2017. Seventy-five years after the currently creating a new liberal utopia known as Holocaust, not much has changed. The only thing essentialism – which is a fresh form of communism that is different is the existence of Israel – a true that aspires to end human suffering caused by 1 inequality. (…) Anti-Semitism was used to erase as they are concerned, anti-Semitism is merely an Jewish culture, which was perceived as a foundation unpleasant matter, but nothing to get too excited of the world's old moral structure. The communist about. (…) many participants stubbornly ignore the threat toward the bourgeoisie and nationalism was fact that anti-Semitism has become embedded the main culprit behind the flood of populism in the among certain segments of French society. (…) An previous century, which instead of sparking a appropriate response requires that the reality be defense of nationalism gave birth to the rise of confronted. Public discourse cannot continue to fascism, which culminated in Nazism. In order to approach the subject as merely a universal impose their "morality," the Nazis sought to expression of hatred of the other. Bold journalism eradicate Judaism by perpetrating genocide against should not be afraid of exposing the background of the Jewish people. (…) The politics of perpetrators of such crimes. Finding appropriate multinationalism, multiculturalism and free solutions requires acknowledging that today's anti- immigration obligate the giver to surrender his Semitism has passed from the extreme right to identity in terms of gender, nationality, culture and radical Islam. This is an open secret, but proponents history. In response, waves of popular resistance of identity politics insist on minimizing and diluting it, have swelled to create the Brexit crisis in the United thus preventing confronting the problem head on. Kingdom, the wall controversy in the United States, Furthermore, the plight of the Jews in France is not and yellow vest protests in France, and have detached from attitudes towards the Jewish state. strengthened right-wing nationalist parties across The Yellow Vest protesters who attacked the Jewish Europe. For now, the nature of this populistic wave philosopher Alain Finkielkraut in Paris (…) yelled is oriented toward the defense of the nation-state slogans unrelated to the protest they were part of. and therefore is also friendly to Israel. But with the Their cries of “Palestine” and “Zionist garbage” continuing ascent of essentialism, it is also possible exposed what it is that bothers them about the Jews. that it, too, will become offensive in nature and In that respect, France is fertile ground for such attack, with its leaders propagating utopian illusions unsubstantiated accusations and legitimacy for akin to Nazism. (…) since classic anti-Semitism is violence. No wonder it is ultimately aimed at the currently out of fashion, it is channeling its hatred of Jewish community. (…) Jews to the State of Israel, whose insistence on Nicolas Nissim Touboul, YED, 24.02.19 constitutionally defending itself as a nation-state is a veritable call to arms. Just as anti-Semitism Aliyah is the only answer functioned as a bridge between the contrasting (…) Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich, who was brutally utopias of communism and Nazism – today, too, it attacked inside his home, Monday, is the rabbi of bridges between enlightened essentialist liberals AMIA. The attack serves as a reminder of the and boorish Muslim extremists in their joint struggle injustice in Argentina. While police are to delegitimize Israel. (…) The fight against the "investigating" the incident, one mustn't be confused: current wave of anti-Semitism needs to be Davidovich is a well-known figure in the country. spearheaded by Israel. (…) Formulating a strategic Even the alleged "robbers" would have known full- plan to wage a cultural battle of this sort is an well who he was. Displays of anti-Semitism are unprecedented intellectual challenge shared by nothing new in Argentina. Even in the big cities, Israel and Jews in the Diaspora. there are Jews who wear kippahs only once they Dr. Hanan Shai, IHY, 20.02.19 have entered a synagogue in order not to stick out. (…) Social media networks are an anthropological France isn’t ready to truly combat anti-Semitism tool that can help us understand society. I was (…) The situation in France is not going to get any shocked at what I read in the comments section of a better. (…) What hasn’t worked in the past will not report on the attack on Davidovich in Argentina's work now. France’s handling of anti-Semitism is largest newspaper, Clarín. Comments like, "He misguided and French Jews have had enough of deserved it," "He earned it," and "Jews, go to declarations. They do not need another protest Venezuela" are the more refined exampled I can march that condemns what is bad and praises what reference here. (…) In Israel, terrorists know that the is good. Last week’s march included figures who security forces will get to them sooner or later, and lack any understanding of the matter. For the Green they aren't going to get away with their crimes. In Party representatives, it was just another stage on Argentina, 25 years after the terrorist attack on the which to virtue signal ahead of the elections. As far Jewish community and 27 years after the murderous 2 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, kandidat ins Rennen geht, und sein Partner Yair members of the community continue to demand Lapid geben sich patriotisch. Nach zähem Ringen justice, which most likely will never come. Even einigten sich die beiden auf ein Zusammengehen, Davidovich knows the chances of his attackers being apprehended are slim to none. There is only um ihre Chancen im Wahlkampf zu vergrößern. one answer to this problem: aliyah. Lapid soll per Rotation den Posten der Ministerprä- Ariel Schmidberg, IHY, 27.02.19 sidenten nach zweieinhalb Jahren übernehmen, vorausgesetzt, die Rechnung von Blau-Weiß geht Has the Jewish state forgotten to fight the anti- auf. Vorläufig sieht es gut aus. Zwischen 35 bis 36 Semitic far right? Mandate gaben Umfragen dem Mittebündnis vor (…) The injunction to "treat the stranger justly" dem Likud mit nur noch 26 bis 31. Gantz punktet im appears 36 times in the Torah, more often than any Volk als ehemaliger Armeechef, der mit Kampfsze- other commandment. Those qualities of justice and solidarity
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