"To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. The journey will reveal the ultimate irony how determination to fight anti-Semitism"
"The fight against anti-Semitism in Germany is empowering those with the closest ties to its fascist past. Prominent Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein returns to his ancestral home, Germany, to investigate how the country's impulse never to repeat the horrendous anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust has resulted in the suppression of any criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza."
Germany's determination never to repeat Holocaust-era anti-Semitism has produced laws and practices that suppress criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza. Critics face sackings, cancellations, silencing, arrests and bans. A Jewish philosopher characterizes the trend as a 21st-century McCarthyism. A Jewish Australian journalist, whose family was largely killed in the Holocaust and who received German citizenship in 2011, experiences being told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. Authorities confront arrested critics and enforce measures while the far right claims support for Israel. The dynamic raises concerns about democracy, civil liberties and human rights in Germany.
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