Jews in Germany don’t need special treatment any more – Germany’s relationship with Jews and with Israel is understandably shaped by the Holocaust. But this has caused it to be ritualized, abnormal – and, sometimes, actively harmful | haaretz.com

Germany is going through difficult times, and not only because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Angela Merkel, the embodiment of German, even European, common-sense and stability, and a staunch supporter of Germany’s post-war special relationship with Israel, is on her way out, whilst the extreme right-wing Alternative for Germany party is the third strongest political force in the Bundestag, and is consolidating its support regionally.