Germany

Two activists from the BDS campaign disrupted the presentation of an Israeli Holocaust film in Berlin, prompting security officials to evict the protesters as the audience booed the stoppage caused by the BDS people.

The far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has provoked an outcry by launching what it called 'a Jewish group' within its ranks.

Organisers of a music festival in the German city of Düsseldorf withdrew their invitation to the composer and singer Brian Eno over his longtime involvement in attempts to boycott Israel.

Perpetrators sprayed a swastika on the main staircase of a memorial in the cemetery and smeared walls and pillars, a police spokesman said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel assured parliament she takes seriously Germans’ concerns about crimes committed by migrants and pledged a strong response, but condemned recent demonstrations as “hateful,” saying there is “no excuse” for expressions of hate, Nazi sympathies or violence in response.

Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said in a statement that it was extremely worrying that that right-wing extremists have become more radical and more professional in their activities.