Questions added to citizenship test on antisemitism, Israel and Germany's responsibility towards Jewish people

Applicants for German citizenship will be required to explicitly affirm Israel’s right to exist under a new citizenship law which came into effect on Tuesday.

The new law shortened the number of years that a person must have lived in Germany in order to obtain a passport, from eight to five years. It will also allow first-generation migrants to be dual citizens.

As part of the shake-up, new questions were added to the country’s citizenship test, including about Judaism and Israel’s right to exist.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          by any definition

          The IHRA’s definition does, so you can’t say “any”.

          That said, the IHRA definition was pretty specifically created to be zionist and a shield for Israel, and should be rejected on those grounds.

        • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
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          4 months ago

          The definition used by German authorities subsumes antizionism, i.e. denying Israel’s right to exist as a special form of antisemitism.

          • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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            4 months ago

            It is quite reductive to say anti-zionism is just denying the right of Israel to exist. Yes, the state of Israel is a deeply zionist project but you can accept the reality of this state existing and still be opposed to the idea of zionism in general.

            I am opposed to the idea of colonialism in general but still accept the existence of states with a colonial history.

            • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
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              4 months ago

              That’s a good point. I’ve always thought antizionism and denying Israel’s right to exist where somehow identical.