Germany's government said Friday that it will request to join the International Court of Justice case as a third party on Israel's behalf, saying there is "no basis whatsoever" for genocide accusations. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Under the court's rules, if Germany files a declaration of intervention in the case, […]
The outspoken former member of a Brooklyn Hasidic sect has been a vocal Israel critic in Germany, which since World War II has been highly sensitive to perceptions of antisemitism.
Germany has stepped up vigilance for any indication of antisemitic violence in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by terrorists from Gaza's ruling Hamas.
In her statement announcing the ban, Germany's top security official said that 'holding of spontaneous ‘celebrations’ here in Germany in response to the terrible terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel shows the antisemitic, inhuman worldview of Samidoun'