Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany: There is persecution against Jews that is disguised as criticism or protest, or as a political position on the conflict in the Middle East. Anyone who uses criticism as a tool to deny the right to exist of the Jewish community in Israel, or even the State of Israel itself, or to incite violence, has crossed the lines of criticism and entered the realm of hatred of Jews.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany: There is persecution against Jews that is disguised as criticism or protest, or as a political position on the conflict in the Middle East. Anyone who uses criticism as a tool to deny the right to exist of the Jewish community in Israel, or even the State of Israel itself, or to incite violence, has crossed the lines of criticism and entered the realm of hatred of Jews.