German Jewish head opposes BDS speaker, wants anti-Israel director fired – Schuster criticized Mbembe’s writings which argue that Israel’s interactions with the Palestinians in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is worse than the Holocaust. | The Jerusalem Post

BERLIN—The president of the Germany’s 105,000 member Central Council of Jews called on Saturday for the dismissal of Stefanie Carp, the anti-Israel director of the Ruhrtriennale music and cultural festival, who passionately defended a South African-based academic who supports the “global isolation” of the Jewish state as the opening speaker for the now cancelled event.