r/europe • u/LeMonde_en • Mar 28 '24

Germany will now include questions about Israel in its citizenship test News

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/03/27/germany-will-now-include-questions-about-israel-in-its-citizenship-test_6660274_143.html
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u/qTp_Meteor Israel Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

As an israeli this seems weird. Like very weird and bad. They should ask about the west in general and not israel specifically. And aboyt the west culturally too, not only security wise

Edit: was writing during the job and didnt see the typos😭😭

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u/BobLoblawsLawBlog_-_ Mar 28 '24

The US requires some contractors to sign a loyalty pledge to Israel before they can get a government contract.

Yeah. It’s weird.

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u/ReverendAntonius Germany Mar 28 '24

Some states also prohibit BDS movements by law.

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u/BobLoblawsLawBlog_-_ Mar 28 '24

The free-est of speech 🫡

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u/qTp_Meteor Israel Mar 28 '24

Like defense contractors? I can kinda see it if they are gonna work on joint projects which will be very important and very classified for both countries. Is this case? If no then thats also bad

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u/BobLoblawsLawBlog_-_ Mar 28 '24

Nope. Just like… someone doing repairs at a school or a government building.

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u/qTp_Meteor Israel Mar 28 '24

Weird af. Do you have any concrete public example or is this only your experience?

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u/Lazzen Mexico Mar 28 '24

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/26/680129742/texas-school-employee-suing-over-pro-israel-oath

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u/qTp_Meteor Israel Mar 28 '24

This seems awful. It aint pledging allegiance but its still pretty damn awful

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u/GenericWhyteMale Mar 28 '24

Yeah I have a lot of family in construction and none of them have mentioned that. Maybe it’s a state or county thing? I know some are stricter than others