Germany warns of spike in anti-Semitism over coronavirus – Berlin’s anti-Semitism watchdog says Jew-hatred is a virus as well, spreading ‘on the social level’ | i24NEWS
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has stirred up renewed Jew-hatred in Germany, the government’s anti-Semitism commissioner warned Tuesday.
“There are direct links between the current spread of the coronavirus and that of anti-Semitism,” Felix Klein said in Berlin at the launch of a new official research project addressing the issue.
“There is a boom in conspiracy theories in times of crisis,” he said, describing anti-Semitism as a virus that spreads ‘on the social level’ — and is being leveraged by the far-right to promote their own agenda.
“There are direct links between the current spread of the coronavirus and that of anti-Semitism,” Felix Klein said in Berlin at the launch of a new official research project addressing the issue.
“There is a boom in conspiracy theories in times of crisis,” he said, describing anti-Semitism as a virus that spreads ‘on the social level’ — and is being leveraged by the far-right to promote their own agenda.
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