Germany’s new ‚traffic light‘ government signals worry for German Jews – “We now have a culture minister who is a close friend of the Iranians and who has bowed her head wearing a headscarf in front of the mullah regime, in addition to being a supporter of the boycotters of Israel,” said Sacha Stawski, head of the pro-Israel watchdog group Honestly Concerned. | JNS.org

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"...“We now have a culture minister who is a close friend of the Iranians and who has bowed her head wearing a headscarf in front of the mullah regime, in addition to being a supporter of the cultural boycotters of Israel,” said Sacha Stawski, head of the pro-Israel watchdog group Honestly Concerned.
The coalition is marked by subtle yet peculiar differences from previous agreements. While Merkel’s famous proclamation of Israel’s security being Germany’s “reason of state” is included, Israel is not characterized as a “Jewish state.” While previous governments called for the predictive two-state solution, this agreement modified the formulation to include one based on “1967 borders,” often considered by the pro-Israel camp to be erroneous lingo that delegitimizes Israel’s presence beyond the historical 1967 “armistice line,” often referred to as the “Green Line.”
“If you start off from a point where you speak of inexistent borders, where you automatically speak of the settlements as being ‘in violation of international law,’ you’re setting the wrong precedent,” said Stawski....
...In 2018, Germany pledged to fill in the gap for the funding of UNRWA after the Trump administration pulled funding in recognition of its flaws; UNRWA has been widely accused of promoting anti-Israel-style anti-Semitism, with school textbooks for children under its auspices laden with anti-Jewish references and incitement. The coalition agreement backs more transparency of UNRWA but does not make funding conditional upon it.
“Absolutely not good enough,” stated Stawski..."