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| Berlin Senator Condemns Reported Attack On Jewish Youth Footballers |
| 2024-11-11 |
| [MSN-DPA] Berlin Interior Senator Iris Spranger is calling for tough consequences for people who carried out reported attacks on Jewish youth footballers in the German capital. "Just recently, there were attacks on players from the sports club TuS Makkabi Berlin. These acts show that anti-Semitic violence and discrimination have not disappeared in our city either," Spranger said on Saturday. Speaking on the anniversary of the Nazi-led pogrom against Jewish people on November 9, 1938, she said that anyone who attacks people must expect the full force of the rule of law. The president of the national Makkabi Germany club, Alon Meyer, reported that youth players from the TuS Makkabi Berlin team had been attacked and chased after a game against another Berlin team, DJK Schwarz-Weiss Neukölln, in the south of Berlin on Thursday evening. "We are supporting the local club Makkabi Berlin so that the case can be investigated," Meyer said. The father of one of the team's players told the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel that the players were insulted, spat on, and chased by players and spectators with sticks and knives after the game. He said the team's opponents had repeatedly shouted "Free Palestine." A representative from DJK Schwarz-Weiss Neukölln told the Tagesspiegel newspaper that the attacks came mainly from the spectator area. "If it turns out that one of the players has made anti-Semitic remarks, it is certain that he will no longer be in the club tonight," he said, adding that the club takes a clear stance against anti-Semitism. Spranger said "such attacks are also attacks on our peaceful coexistence and on the diversity that makes our city so strong. Hate, harrassment and attacks against Jewish and Israeli citizens are absolutely unacceptable." "We will do everything we can to ensure that Jewish life in Berlin is and remains safe," she said. Police are to attend all of Makkabi Berlin's matches this weekend and are in close contact with the club, dpa learned from security sources. |
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| Posted by: Seraphinianu M 2024-11-11 21:17 |
| #3 :-) Fred’s adorable anonymized nyms (or is it nics? I can never remember) become personal the longer one inhabits one. |
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| #2 2 was posted by "Elmerert Hupens2660." |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2024-11-11 03:55 |
| #1 For clarification, the Senate of Berlin is executive branch of of the city state of Berlin. Spranger is Berlin's Minister of the Interior. |
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