German officials: Community leaders must fight anti-Semitism among Muslim population – In meeting with German-Jewish group, Merkel and officials add: ‚Israel’s right to exist is part of German identity.‘ | Haaretz.com

German officials: Community leaders must fight anti-Semitism among Muslim population – In meeting with German-Jewish group, Merkel and officials add: ‚Israel’s right to exist is part of German identity.‘ | Haaretz.com

Muslim leaders in Germany must help fight anti-Semitism within their ranks, representatives of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union said this week in a meeting with the country’s top Jewish leaders.
Members of the board of the Central Council of Jews in Germany met with Merkel and several top government representatives on Monday. In a statement about the meeting, the CDU said party leaders made it clear that Muslim associations in Germany bear some responsibility for fighting anti-Semitism within the Muslim population. They also emphasized that “every form of anti-Semitism must be forcefully challenged. Israel’s right to exist is part of German identity.”…