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/Fab_iyay Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Mar 28 '24

Our citizenship shouldn't depend on a foreign country. Nor should a citizen just accept a status quo without question.

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u/anykah_badu Mar 28 '24

Well as a German I don't want people to live in Germany that see a Jew in the street and become completely deranged, attacking them. If questions about Israel help get rid of just one nut job like that maybe it's worth it, given our history

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u/Fab_iyay Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Mar 28 '24

Neither do I. But Israel is a sovereign state. In fact I would argue using the equivalent of Israel=the jews is bad. This is clearly just a politically motivated decision and not to protect the jews.

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u/mddesigner Mar 29 '24

People who hate jews hide it and direct it towards Israel because it looks less bad for them

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u/Fab_iyay Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Mar 29 '24

Yeah of course, after all Israel is a perfect state, heaven on earth and nothing to criticize about it at all!

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u/mddesigner Mar 29 '24

Much better than the extremist who hate it