Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 4/19 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-28. Februar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Antisemitismus im Aufschwung.................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Israelische Parlamentswahlen....................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Neuer Eklat mit Polen...................................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Medienquerschnitt........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Antisemitismus im Aufschwung Die Zahl der antisemitischen Übergriffe weltweit nimmt dramatisch zu. Schlagzeilen machten zum einen die antisemitischen Beleidigungen gegen den französischen Schriftsteller und Philosophen Alain Finkielkraut am Rande der sozialen Proteste der sogenannten Gelbwesten. Aufgebrachte Demonst­rant_innen beschimpften Finkielkraut als„dreckigen Zionisten“ und forderten ihn dazu auf,„nach Tel Aviv“ zu gehen. Zum anderen löste der Überfall in Argentinien auf den Obersten Rabbiner Gabriel Davidovich große Bestürzung aus. Davidovich und seine Frau waren von mehreren Männern, die den Rabbiner schwer misshandelten, in ihrer Wohnung überfallen worden. Berichten zufolge, sollen die Angreifer gerufen haben:„Wir wissen, dass Du der Rabbi von Amia bist.“ Anti-Semitism in yellow vests These are dark days for France, days that are giving rise to questions about the future of France's Jews. (…) we are becoming used to shouts, attacks, and violence. They have become routine.(…) On the internet, we are witnessing a tsunami of hatred.(…) The numbers are astonishing. Figures indicate a 74% rise in anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 after a 26% rise in 2017. Seventy-five years after the Holocaust, not much has changed. The only thing that is different is the existence of Israel – a true defense for all Jews in the Diaspora and a life insurance policy. As a member of the French parliament and a Jew, I am worried mainly for France itself.(…) It doesn't matter if it's the Left or the extreme Right – hatred of Israel has become a calling card for those who hate Jews. The hypocrisy reaches new heights when we hear far-left parties defending the recent anti-Semitic incidents. These are the same parties that advocate boycotts of Israel and laud terrorists in street demonstrations. All this is happening as France boycotts the Warsaw summit, which is effectively a meeting about countering Iran. Where is the logic? How can we roll out the red carpet for a regime that espouses hatred of Jews and hatred of Israel, while at the same time condemning anti-Semitism at home? Our leaders are right to worry about the rise in anti-Semitism but, paradoxically, they are trying at all costs to normalize our relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, a jihadist regime that unceasingly calls to"wipe Israel off the map" and seeks to perpetrate a second Holocaust. Meyer Habib, IHY, 18.02.19 Beyond populism and anti-Semitism (…) The waves of populism and anti-Semitism are currently creating a new liberal utopia known as essentialism – which is a fresh form of communism that aspires to end human suffering caused by 1