German Federal Minister of State for European Affairs Michael Roth has claimed that anti-Semitism is ‘rampant in Hungary, sparking a diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó summoned Germany’s ambassador to Hungary over the remarks Roth made over the weekend in an interview, Szijjártó wrote on his Facebook page

“Because of yesterday’s remarks of German Social-Democrat state minister Michael Roth, in which he leveled accusations of anti-Semitism against Hungary, I have summoned Germany’s ambassador to Budapest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Monday morning,” Szijjártó wrote.

He also added that Roth’s accusations allegations were completely unfounded:

“Dear Michael! Please allow me (since we have known each other for a long time, we are in a quarrelsome relationship) to draw your attention to the fact that the Jewish community in Hungary is safe, our Jewish compatriots do not have to be afraid, their cultural festivals do not need fully armed soldiers, synagogues and cemeteries we rebuilt it with public funding and were proud hosts of the European Maccabi Games last year,” Szijjártó wrote in another Facebook post. “Respectfully, please put an end to the unworthy attack of the Hungarian people, and if I may suggest it, before you next speak on such a serious subject, please make sure that your own house is in order.”

Szijjrtó was referring to an interview with Roth published by Germany’s largest news portal, to-online.de in which the German politician was speaking about Hungary and Poland distancing themselves from democracy.

In it, Roth said “One aspect that led to the Article 7 case against Hungary was rampant anti-Semitism in Hungary. I cannot speak critically about anti-Semitism in other countries without mentioning the appalling increase in anti-Semitic crimes in Germany.”

Compared to the rest of Europe, Hungary has remarkably low rates of anti-Semitic attacks, with data from just the past several years showing that Jews are far safer in Hungary than in many other major European countries.  A report from the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) found that Hungary actually had the lowest rate of reported anti-Semitic incidents in the EU-12 countries, and also showed that reports of anti-Semitism were far lower in Hungary than in countries like France, Germany, Belgium.

Despite the German minister’s claims, anti-Semitic crimes are actually on the rise in Germany, with 1,268 recorded in 2010 compared to 2,032 in 2020.

Even German state media has pointed to an increase in anti-Semitism in the country. The country has also been accused of downplaying anti-Semitic attacks committed by Muslims. According to the Times of Israel:

In a 2016 survey of hundreds of German Jews who had experienced anti-Semitic incidents, 41 percent said the perpetrator was “someone with a Muslim extremist view” and another 16 percent said it was someone from the far left. Only 20 percent identified their aggressors as belonging to the far-right.

Earlier this year, a prominent member of Hungary’s Jewish community defended Hungary, saying Jews felt safe and that Jewish life was flourishing in Hungary despite media portrayals otherwise.

Szijjártó is currently on his first trip to China since the coronavirus outbreak and Deputy Minister Levente Magyar will meet with the German ambassador in his stead.

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Once again, there is collateral damage to be lamented because the future rulers of this country are demanding their right to run free:In Dresden on Saturday evening, a 6-year-old boy was killed because two Syrians aged 31 and 23 years with their luxury cars – a BMW and a Mercedes – engaged in an illegal road race. Both cars were “at very high speed”, according to the police.On the Budapester Street in the direction of the downtown area, the horsepower Syrians roared their engines and stepped on the gas – after all, according to the old fathers’ custom among proud Arabs, it is a matter of clarifying who is the more powerful at the wheel.Negligible matters such as traffic regulations, other road users, or the lives of passers-by, especially children, have to take second place to these really important questions. These adult teenagers know that they are allowed to do whatever they want in this country – and they show it.As reported by the tabloid “Bild”, the Mercedes and the BMW chased towards the intersection with the Schweizer Street. Shortly before the junction, first the Mercedes, then the BMW overtook an uninvolved car that was “significantly slower” (meaning: moving at normal speed).In a breakneck maneuver, the Benz switched back into the right lane in a flash, and the BMW caught up with it in the left lane. Both cars were approaching a bus stop where, according to the police, three children were crossing the road from the central green belt.Two of the children made it to the sidewalk, but the six-year-old – also of Syrian nationality, by the way – was hit by the speeding Mercedes shortly before reaching the edge of the road;he was catapulted several meters through the air into the bus stop, smashed through the glass and landed on the hard pavement. With severe internal injuries, the boy was taken by the ambulance to the hospital, where he died a little later.Both driving licenses of the speeders were seized. As police reported yesterday, the Mercedes driver is under investigation “for negligent homicide and dangerous interference with traffic”. In addition, both drivers are under “investigation for a prohibited motor vehicle race”, according to the tabloid “Bild” – a criminal farce in view of the terrible results.However, if the Saxon judiciary should follow the latest jurisdiction, which classifies the killing of bystanders in car races as murder, then at least the 31-year-old speed killer faces a far harsher punishment – as recently in the so-called “Ku’damm verdict” of Berlin.In the then comparable speeding driver case from 2016, in which a 69-year-old man fell victim to a race between two testosterone Orientals, the deja vu description of the offender had read: “male, early 20s, migration background”.Whether it will come to that, is questionable. Presumably, the Greens, the Left Party and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will lodge a protest in time against the Dresden police or against the racist judiciary – because of too hard measures against the two Syrians.It will certainly turn out to be a clear case of “Racial Profiling”.

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This summer, the inhabitants of the Hérault seaside resort has experienced exceptional violence. In Palavas-les-Flots, the problem is “young people from the Parisian suburbs”.

The small town of 6 000 inhabitants definitely can’t take it anymore. Located in the Hérault, Palavas-les-Flots is facing an unprecedented wave of violence, explained regional daily Midi Libre.

Traders have to fight “young people from the Parisian suburbs”. The daily even speaks of an “overheated atmosphere” on Friday August 21 at the seaside resort. Finally, after one of these brawls, which the police struggled to put an end to, a police officer was allegedly beaten. The town has become the symbol of a summer filled with immigrant youth delinquency.

A fight indeed broke out in the shop of a shopkeeper, Margot, taken to task by a Muslim family from Marseille, before her stepfather, a municipal police officer, intervened. “They were asked to pay attention to the clothes. The tone rose. Then we told them about masks which are compulsory in public. […] When I said I was going to call the police, things got out of hand. They broke everything. They beat up my grandmother who is 70 years old,” said the shopkeeper. Margot has sustained head injuries is now forced to wear a neck brace while her stepfather had his nose and elbow broken.

Margot described the atmosphere: “People were saying, ‘there’s a policeman on the ground, we’re going to kill him. We have to go lynch him’.”

Small business owners decided to demonstrate once again in the streets, as well as in front of the police station of Palavas-les-Flots, in order to denounce what they call an “abandonment” by the authorities. In the evening, the same group organised a “dead city” operation. Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin denounced the “unacceptable violence”.

On August 7, France Bleu reported the words of Christian Jeanjean, mayor of the city of Hérault: “Young people come to let off steam.” But his comment only ignited more anger.

Some 300 angry residents had previously demonstrated in front of the municipal police building to express their concern at the rising incivility, rodeos of cars and motorcycles in the streets at night, loud music on the beach and waste thrown anywhere.

They marched “against the delinquency and insecurity” as a result of visiting Muslim immigrant youths.

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Christin R. was just at dinner when she heard a loud squeak and a bang outside the door. She went to the window and saw two cars and an injured person: “There was a little boy lying there,” the witness said. She ran barefoot into the street. “I first checked to see if the boy had a pulse,” she said. But there was no pulse.Then the “guys” got out of the cars “and yelled at me not to touch the kid.” She and a man who came running to the rescue tried to revive the boy and put him in a stable lateral position. “We were not allowed to do that because they were yelling at us and were very violent at us,” she remembers. Her son then fetched a towel to at least cover the child.More and more people came to the scene of the accident after the bang, says Christin R. 40 to 50 people were standing around. Later, the boy’s sister joined them – she had heard this from other witnesses. Her mother is in hospital and is expecting a baby. Christin R. then went back into the house, “to calm the children down, because they have witnessed this.Shortly before 9 pm a Mercedes driver (31) had crashed his car into the little boy – the force of the impact threw him against a bus stop. The child was seriously injured in the accident and taken to hospital. He died there a little later. In the evening he and two other children had run across a busy road. They remained uninjured.In an interview with Radio RTL, Marko Laske, spokesman for the Dresden police, said: “It has turned out, according to witnesses, that there is at least the suspicion that an illegal car race has also taken place here. Accordingly, the investigations into negligent homicide in road traffic against the 31-year-old Syrian have been expanded.” A 23-year-old also Syrian BMW driver who was involved in the accident is also being investigated.

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Yesterday evening, a six-year-old boy died in a traffic accident on Budapester Street in Dresden.

According to previous investigations, the driver (31 y.o) of a Mercedes car as well as the driver of a BMW car (23 y.o) were driving towards the downtown area. At the level of Schweizer Street, three children wanted to cross the road. A six-year-old boy was hit by the Mercedes. The Syrian child was taken care of by ambulance personnel and immediately taken to hospital. There the boy died a little later.The traffic accident department of the Dresden police is investigating the 31-year-old Syrian Mercedes driver for negligent homicide and dangerous interference with road traffic. In addition, witnesses have given evidence that points to an illegal car race. Against this background, the 31-year-old and the 23-year-old Syrian BMW driver are also under investigation for illegal motor racing. The driving licences of the two men were seized.The police ask witnesses who can give details of the accident or the style of driving of the two drivers to contact the Dresden police headquarters by calling (0351) 483 22 33.

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In the night from Friday to Saturday, various artistically crafted stained glass panes were smashed at the Rotenburg City Church (photo). On Saturday morning the sexton had to discover that several windows had been smashed in the area of the choir room/altar, some of which had been pushed completely out of their frames. Due to the evidence, it cannot be ruled out that the perpetrators injured themselves while damaging the property.The damage to property is likely to amount to a five-digit sum. Information about suspicious persons, possibly with cut injuries, can be given to the Rotenburg police station by calling 04261-9470.

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On Thursday August 20, at Pont-de-Roide, on the Doubs river, a father came close to death for having asked two Muslim teens to wait their turn to jump from the diving board, explained regional French daily L’Est Républicain.

At around 4:30 pm, the 38-year-old man lined up with his children when a teenager decided to jump the long queue at the popular diving board – a favorite attraction. The victim had been waiting patiently for his turn to jump into the river when the teenager planted himself brazenly in front of him.

“The father asked him to wait his turn”, said the chief of the Montbéliard gendarmerie. The minor became upset and tried to punch the father before he left to round up his friends. One of them returned equipped with a heavy-duty construction hammer and hit the father on the head with a blow of extreme violence.

Still conscious but seriously injured, the victim was hospitalized.

Law enforcement of Pont-de-Roide arrested two young residents of Valentigney. One of the minors, aged 16, is suspected of the first violence. The second, 17, is said to be the hammer attacker.

The two Muslim teens had already stood out earlier in the day during a Covid-19 check on the bus to the diving spot, in which they were fined for non-compliance with wearing a mask.

Both have denied the facts. They were released after their custody and have not yet been charged. There are still investigations to be carried out and witnesses to be heard as well as the victim, the police said.

“The hammer was discovered by lifeguards on the scene this Friday morning,” said the chief officer.

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Elie Rosen, the President of the Jewish Community of Graz, Austria, was attacked by an unknown man wielding a wooden bat in front of the Jewish community hall on Saturday night, a spokesman for the local police told Der Standard.

According to the spokeswoman for the Jewish community, Rosen was about to drive into the grounds of the Jewish community center with his car when he was attacked. Rosen and an escort became aware of a man with a baseball cap rising a bike who was obviously stalking them. His stature and appearance were very similar to the man who had been spotted by the center’s surveillance cameras on Wednesday and Friday of last week, when he was vandalizing the Graz synagogue.

When Rosen came out of his car, he was attacked by the stranger with the baseball bat. Rosen managed to escape at the last moment and got back into his car. The attacker then hit the vehicle with the baseball bat before fleeing the scene.

The Graz police announced that a search for the unknown perpetrator had been initiated and a police detail posted to protect the synagogue property.

Der Standard noted that the perpetrator must have felt quite safe, since this was his thirst visit in less than a week to David Herzog Platz in Graz, to attack the synagogue.

“The first two times he came in the night, today in the middle of the afternoon, in broad daylight,” police spokesman Fritz Grundnig told the newspaper.

When asked by Der Standard why the Jewish center building is no longer guarded by police, as had been the case until only a few years and since its renovation some 20 years ago, and why no police had been posted following last week’s attacks, Grundnig explained: “There hasn’t been anything like this for many years. But it has just been ordered.”

She explained that “a red line has now been crossed because it was against people.”

Will Elie Rosen now gets personal protection? “The offer is standing,” said the police spokeswoman.

Der Standard noted that local residents spontaneously gathered for a vigil in front of the synagogue on Saturday evening, including the former member of the state parliament from the Green party Edith Zitz and Tristan Ammerer, and later a delegation from the Islamic cultural center.

Rosen was elected Vice-President of the Federal Association of Israelite Religious Communities in Austria in November 2012, and was entrusted in 2016 by the Vienna Jewish Community as chargé d’affaires with the management of the Graz Jewish community for the federal states of Styria, Carinthia and southern Burgenland, which he now also presides over as President.

Last October, he was appointed to the board of directors of the Jewish Cultural Foundation for Styria, Carinthia and Southern Burgenland. He was behind the re-establishment of the Styrian state rabbinate, which was dissolved in 1938, and the appointment of the Viennese rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister as the Styrian state rabbi and chief rabbi of Graz.

Rosen’s work for the Jewish community in Graz is clearly characterized by an expansion of religious activities and, in a short time, stabilizing the Jewish community, which was in the process of dissolution. His term of office is also characterized by an increased representative presence of the Jewish community in public life in the Styrian capital and a clear opening to the outside world.

In October 2019, Rosen ran a campaign to exhume the remains of photographer Dora Kallmus, a.k.a. Madame d’Ora from Frohnleiten, Styria, and transfer her to the Jewish cemetery in Graz, where she was reburied in a grave of honor on the same day.

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