By Benjamin Weinthal

27 January 2017 16:34

The school director said that it was good there was student opposition to the memorial event because it „is the basis of discussion.“

Muslim students with Arab and Turkish origins protested participation in an International Holocaust remembrance event for the liberation of the German extermination camp Auschwitz on January, 27­ while the school management showed understanding for their criticism of Israel.
“Some Muslims students said they would not participate in the action,” said Florian Beer, a teacher at the school in the city of Gelsenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, reported the paper Der Westen on Thursday.

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http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/German-Muslim-students-protest-Holocaust-remembrance-attack-Israel-479780

Im Streit über die Berufung des Dozenten Farid Esack an die Hochschule findet Grünen-Politiker Beck deutliche Worte. Auch die Israelische Botschaft hat sich in den Fall eingeschaltet.

https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article161540487/Volker-Beck-greift-Hamburger-Universitaet-scharf-an.html?wtrid=socialmedia.email.sharebutton

Im Streit über die Berufung des Dozenten Farid Esack an die Hochschule findet Grünen-Politiker Beck deutliche Worte. Auch die Israelische Botschaft hat sich in den Fall eingeschaltet.

https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article161540487/Volker-Beck-greift-Hamburger-Universitaet-scharf-an.html?wtrid=socialmedia.email.sharebutton

Das Max-Planck-Institut in Halle gibt dem Israel-Hasser Norman Finkelstein ein Podium. Der provoziert seit Jahren mit fragwürdigen Thesen. Mit Wissenschaft hat das alles nichts zu tun.

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article161430779/Max-Planck-Institut-bietet-Israel-Hasser-ein-Podium.html?wtrid=socialmedia.email.sharebutton

Finkelstein is banned from entering Israel for ten years because of his advocacy for Hezbollah.

Former presidential candidate and US Senator Marc Rubio slammed the German Max Planck Institute on Sunday for providing a platform to the pro-Hezbollah activist Norman Finkelstein, who is slated to give a talk sympathetic to Hamas at the organization in the city of Halle.

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http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/US-Senator-blasts-German-institute-for-hosting-pro-Hezbollah-speaker-479294