Overview

• Weimer accused Chefket of spreading antisemitic content, citing an Instagram photo with a T‑shirt motif that depicts a desired Palestine without Israel and said holding the concert on 7 October is a provocation.
• Weimer urged HKW leadership to ensure there are no antisemitic statements and noted his role on the institution’s supervisory board; he is slated to appear as a guest on 8 October.
• HKW director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung replied that the venue has no place for antisemitism and emphasized that Böhmermann and his team curate the program freely.
• Böhmermann rejected claims he is giving antisemitism a platform and said anyone denying Israel’s existence or the Holocaust would be removed from the stage.
• The exhibition runs from 27 September to 19 October with concerts, shows, and talks, and it enforces a strict ban on phones, photos, and filming inside.