Dieudonné before the Strasbourg Court: Negationism isn’t freedom of expression
Satire is protected by the right to freedom of expression. Holocaust denial is not. This is the bottom line of yesterday’s decision by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the French...
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Über Antisemiten, und wen man als solchen bezeichnen darf
Das muss man doch sagen dürfen: Spätestens wenn dieser Satz fällt, ist in Diskussionen über Israel in der Regel das Ende des Erkenntnisfortschritts erreicht. Geäußert wird er zumeist im Anschluss an...
View ArticleProtecting Israeli Citizens against Discrimination in Germany?
Last week, the district court of Frankfurt/Main issued a verdict that Kuwait Airways was allowed to refuse an Israeli citizen on its flight. The decision gained widespread international news coverage:...
View ArticleOn Wearing the Kippa in Public – and in Public Service
The kippa, the Jewish skullcap, is again in the news after the admission of Felix Klein, Germany’s Commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism, that he cannot recommend that Jews...
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