The German government protects Jews in Germany only with words, but not with deeds. The historian Michael Wolffsohn, himself a Jewish citizen, says that the government has good will in view of the new waves of anti-Semitism, especially from Muslim protesters. “It wants to, but it can’t. And that is up to society. For decades, German society has failed to recognise that a democracy must be able to defend itself,” Wolffsohn describes the current situation of the Jews in an interview with the monthly magazine Tichys Einblick.
“On the one hand, they say, “We don’t allow anti-Semitism.” They do not allow it with sincere words. But their defenseless deeds contradict their words. These result in nothing, and the anti-Semites are laughing up their sleeves at the verbal pomposity of the paper tiger.”
The main sources of current anti-Semitism are “the Muslim, the left-wing extremist – both often form an Islamo-left alliance – and the right-wing extremist approach”, Wolffsohn said. “All three are equally dangerous.
If you focus on only one, you will not be able to fight anti-Semitism and anti-Semites effectively.” The historian attests to “a long anti-Jewish tradition on the political left – starting with Karl Marx, who was of Jewish origin but used the worst anti-Semitic clichés. And that then goes deep into the most diverse communist movements and also into social democracy.
With Zionism and later with the state of Israel, the communist, socialist and social democratic parties had serious conflicts, including, by the way, Willy Brandt. The 1968 movement also linked anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism with anti-Zionism. “In France, people are already talking about “IslamoGauchisme”, the alliance of left-wing radicals and Islamists.”