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Merkel condemns ‘repulsive’ attack on Jewish student in Hamburg

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Published: 9 October 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

German chancellor responds after 26-year-old seriously injured outside synagogue; report find Soros conspiracy theories prominent in anti-Semitic attacks against US politicians

Merkel condemns ‘repulsive’ attack on Jewish student in Hamburg (Times of Israel)
After 26-year-old seriously injured outside synagogue, German chancellor says ‘every such act is a disgrace’; police probing attack as attempted murder with anti-Semitic intent

Soros conspiracy theories prominent in anti-Semitic attacks against US politicians, report finds (Haaretz)
Report shows 39 percent of 'problematic' tweets directed at Jewish members of Congress with 'anti-Semitic tropes and misinformation' referenced Soros

Photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Reuters)
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