Overview

• The Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Fürth condemned the temporary in-house poster as antisemitic and said it is considering filing a complaint and involving Bavaria’s antisemitism commissioner.
• The restaurant operator confirmed the sign was displayed for two to three hours and removed, arguing it was a protest statement rather than an antisemitic or insulting act.
• A photo circulated by the local Jewish community shows the text explicitly declaring Israeli citizens unwelcome until they “open their eyes, ears and hearts.”
• Bavarian antisemitism commissioner Ludwig Spaenle criticized related cases, including a music shop’s demand for an Israeli orchestra to issue a Gaza statement, calling such practices a form of antisemitism.
• The Israeli embassy in Berlin publicly condemned the Fürth notice, and recent parallels include a Flensburg case that prompted a hate-incitement investigation, though no prosecutorial action has been reported in Fürth.