The righteousness, the insinuations, the gesture of moral superiority: What is evident in the heated debate about anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel.
Maybe the latest initiative by Berlin’s Senator for Culture Joe Chialo has something good after all. Maybe it’s the moment when everyone thinks for a moment about what’s at stake. The uncertainty is enormous. According to Chialo’s wishes, anyone who wants to receive money from the state of Berlin in the future must make a statement that they are against anti-Semitism; in the sense of a certain definition that closely links anti-Semitism to how someone expresses themselves about Israel.