Overview
- Speaking to the Funke Mediengruppe on November 9, Ron Prosor argued that left‑wing antisemitism is more dangerous than right‑wing or Islamist forms because it conceals intent.
- Prosor said this strain has crossed the line between free expression and unlawful incitement and is increasingly visible at European campuses and theaters through demonization and delegitimization of Israel.
- He cited Flanders Festival Ghent’s cancellation of Israeli conductor Lahav Shani as a sign of shifting norms, a move criticized as antisemitic that Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever said harmed his country’s image.
- Describing growing insecurity, Prosor said some German Jews are buying property in Israel and cautioned visitors that wearing a Star of David on Berlin’s Neukölln Sonnenallee could be unsafe.
- Former German president Joachim Gauck urged a more determined response to antisemitism from non‑right sources, while Prosor said authorities are more practiced at countering right‑wing and are learning to address Islamist variants.