Germany and Israel
Germany’s anti-antisemitism has failed to achieve its purported aim. Instead it has given license to proxy Israeli nationalism, fueled a rise in xenophobia, and compounded the challenge of addressing genuine antisemitism.
Emily Dische-Becker is a writer, organizer, and curator living in Berlin. She’s the Germany director of Diaspora Alliance, an international organization dedicated to fighting antisemitism and its instrumentalization as well as a researcher for Forensic Architecture.
Germany’s anti-antisemitism has failed to achieve its purported aim. Instead it has given license to proxy Israeli nationalism, fueled a rise in xenophobia, and compounded the challenge of addressing genuine antisemitism.