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But ironically enough, several of those who have been silenced since the Hamas attack are actually Jewish. \u201cA highly disproportionate number of Jewish people have been labelled as antisemitic, because they are critical of what the Israeli government is doing with regards to the Palestinian cause\u201d, Kostner says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\nHowever, neither Jewish people nor supporters of Palestine seem to gain anything from the stifled German public debate. \u201cAntisemitism and anti-Palestinian racism should never be put in competition\u201d, Sarah stresses, pointing out that solidarity and empathy are universal values that should apply to all people. \u201cYou can\u2019t make one group feel safe at the cost of another group. This will never work\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\nKostner also fears that this strategy will end up being counterproductive. \u201cYou do not quail antisemitism in that way. It might actually over time give rise to a new form of antisemitism\u201d, she analyses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n[aesop_gallery id=”12112″ revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n\nBut in the wake of Germany\u2019s suppression of Israel-critical voices, a countermovement has been emerging in the art world. This has been particularly evident in Berlin. \u201cI think you see a lot of alternative cultural events happening at the moment in small caf\u00e9s, bars or outdoors\u201d, Sarah points out. \u201cIt\u2019s like there is an alternative field emerging, because many of the events in the normal cultural places that we used to go to are not happening anymore\u201d. Moving forward, she thinks that the institutions and organisers of cultural events need to sensitise and educate themselves. \u201cIf people are still not ready to position themselves \u2013 then at least give space to different narratives\u201d, she says.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Israel-critical artists have been cancelled in Germany since the 7th of October, due to a strong pro-Israel consensus, related to historic Holocaust guilt. Now, in reaction to the restriction of free speech, the art scene in Berlin is changing.\u00a0 When Hamas attacked Israel on the 7th of October, Germany was quick to publicly declare […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3276,"featured_media":12101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cbj","category-acls","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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