Since Hamas's terrorist attack on October 7, the number of antisemitic crimes and acts of violence has risen to a tragic level. There is antisemitism disguised as criticism or protest, or as a political stance on the Middle East conflict. Anyone who uses criticism as a means to deny the right of the Jewish community in Israel, or even of the state of Israel itself, to exist, or to call for violence, has crossed the red line and entered into antisemitism.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at the inauguration of a Jewish academic institution in Frankfurt, wearing a black skullcap, that the number of antisemitic crimes and…