Cultural associations, civil society organisations and numerous representatives from the arts and academia appeal to the German Bundestag and its planned anti-Semitism resolution in its current form.
The ITI has joined numerous associations, institutions and individuals from the fields of culture and science in an appeal to the members of the German Bundestag calling for a dialogue process involving those affected, civil society organisations, cultural associations, institutions and individual actors before a resolution on the protection of Jewish life is finalised and adopted.
In the jointly published appeal, measures to protect Jewish life in Germany and against all forms of discrimination are welcomed in principle. However, there are fears that the publicised version of the resolution will do more harm than good:
‘According to initial legal assessments, it collides with the Basic Law and entails manifold legal uncertainty, dubious practicability and the risk of discrimination,’ states the appeal, which has also been signed by numerous Jewish public figures. It goes on to explain that the resolution could cause enormous uncertainty and lead to the silencing of already marginalised voices due to the great lack of clarity in terms of content and the chosen form or non-legal character.
With reference to the failed attempt at an anti-discrimination clause in Berlin, which deeply shook confidence in politics and constructive cooperation and set back the anti-discrimination work already underway by years, and against the backdrop of the scandal surrounding the allocation of funds by the Ministry of Education, the associations call in the joint appeal for an upstream communication process before a resolution is adopted.