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Brandenburg Enforces Israel-Existence Pledge for Citizenship as Landtag Debates Further Protections

The policy, rolled out since June, requires citizenship applicants to affirm Israel’s right to exist; it has reignited debates over Jewish security measures, leaving the question of listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard unresolved.

Fahne am Brandenburger Landtag: Für Leugner des Existenzrechts Israels soll es hier keine Einbürgerung mehr geben.
Die israelische Flagge weht anlässlich des 60. Jubiläums der diplomatischen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Israel vor dem Landtag in Brandenburg
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Overview

  • Since June 1, Brandenburg requires naturalization applicants to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist alongside existing pledges to Germany’s constitution, historical responsibility, self-sufficiency.
  • Interior Minister René Wilke introduced the change in consultation with Ministerpräsident Dietmar Woidke, clarifying it does not require endorsement of every decision by an Israeli government.
  • On July 17, the Landtag rejected a CDU proposal to strengthen security for Jewish institutions, opting not to advocate classifying Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.
  • Brandenburg’s antisemitism commissioner Andreas Büttner warned that antisemitism has reached record levels, expressing solidarity with Israel, voicing concern for civilian suffering in Gaza.
  • The policy, following Sachsen-Anhalt’s 2023 precedent, forms part of wider debates on migration, Holocaust remembrance, responses to the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict.