The Dialectic of Viewpoint Discrimination (Verfassungsblog, 2026-05-08) https://verfassungsblog.de/the-dialectic-of-viewpoint-discrimination/ ——— >> the Bundesrat today held its first reading of a bill that would criminalise certain statements about Israel under a newly created offence. The initiative, introduced by the Hessian state government, proposes a criminal prohibition of the “denial of Israel’s right to exist”... >> The Hessian state government is evidently dissatisfied with what is already a far from restrained approach by German courts and prosecutors. In its view, pro-Palestinian activists, outspoken critics of Germany’s complicity in the escalation of violence in Palestine and Lebanon, the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, and even anti-Zionist Jewish groups are still not being prevented firmly enough from assembling, nor punished harshly or consistently enough … #GermanPol #FakeAntisemitism #GermanComplicityInGenocide #palestine #Gaza @palestine@fedibird.com