An attack took place against Israel’s consulate in Munich on Wednesday, according to the consul general of the diplomatic facility.
Tayla Lador-Fresher, consul general to Southern Germany and former ambassador to Vienna, posted in German on X: “Today, an attack was carried out on the Consulate General of the State of Israel in Munich. It is an attack on the symbol of the State of Israel in Southern Germany. We would like to thank the @PolizeiMuenchen for [its] vigilance.”
She added that “in recent months, there has been repeated antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. This physical attack now goes a step further. It is important that this is seen as a wake-up call for the German authorities about where antisemitism and hatred of Israel are leading.”
On Saturday, nearly 4,000 German Muslims, leftists, and mainstream Germans protested in front of Munich’s main synagogue, calling for the eradication of the Jewish state.
Anti-Israel protests
The German news outlet NIUS reported that one of the organizers from the group Palestine Speaks equated Zionism to racism.Heute wurde ein Angriff auf das Generalkonsulat des Staates Israel in München verübt. Es ist ein Angriff auf das Symbol des Staates Israel in Süddeutschland.Wir bedanken uns bei der @PolizeiMuenchen für die Wachsamkeit. In den vergangenen Monaten kam es immer wieder zu… pic.twitter.com/ceKdYTjeoy
— Talya Lador (@TalyaLador) May 22, 2024
The slogan, “Together against Israeli fascism,” was declared at the event, and, reportedly, several participants brought large keys with them, keys which represent a demand to return Palestinians to Israeli territories.Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) told The Jerusalem Post that “it is beyond an outrage that the local government allowed a pro-Hamas mob to march outside a Munich synagogue, especially on the holy day of Shabbat.”“Four thousand antisemites given government sanction to curse Israel with tropes in front of a Jewish house of prayer!” he then exclaimed. “SWC urges state and federal authorities to protect the Jewish community from antisemites and government officials who approved this attack.”