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Researchers find Germany refugees ‘willing to change antisemitic views’

Study led by historian Günther Jikeli spoke to 72 refugees from Syria and Iraq about their views on integration and antisemitism

December 17, 2017 09:02
Protestors in Berlin waved Palestinian  flags
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‘Tis the season of glittering Christmas markets and giant Chabad menorahs. But there is also tension in the air in Germany.

Never has security been tighter than at this year’s inaugural Chanukah ceremony at the Brandenburg Gate, where Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal and Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller lit the first candle together behind metal barricades and a virtual wall of police vans.

Only days before, virulently anti-Israel demonstrations had filled the same plaza with smoke from burning flags.

The demonstrations were reportedly organised and attended by activists from Berlin’s longstanding Palestinian community. They raised questions about how common antisemitic and anti-democratic views are among new refugees and how vulnerable they might be to the influence of Muslims who grew up here in Germany.

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