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Israeli president issues defiant statement after German anti-Semitism commissioner tells Jews not to wear kip pot in public: “We will never submit!”
By Benjamin Kerstein, The Algemeiner
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued a defiant statement on Saturday after Germany’s top official on fighting anti-Semitism suggested that Jewish men should limit the wearing of skullcaps in public.
“We will never submit, will never lower our gaze, and will never react to anti-Semitism with defeatism,” Rivlin said.
His statement came after the German government’s Commissioner on Anti-Semitism, Felix Klein, said on Saturday, “I cannot advise Jews to wear the kippa everywhere all the time in Germany.”
Klein blamed this situation on “the lifting of inhibitions and the uncouthness which is on the rise in society,” and said, “The internet and social media have largely contributed to this — but so have constant attacks against our culture of remembrance.”
“The statement of the German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, that it would be preferable for Jews not wear a kippa in Germany out of fear for their safety, shocked me deeply,” Rivlin responded in a statement.
“Responsibility for the welfare, the freedom, and the right to religious belief of every member of the German Jewish community is in the hands of the government of Germany and its law enforcement agencies,” he said.
“We acknowledge and appreciate the moral position of the government of Germany and its commitment to the Jewish community that lives there,” Rivlin added, “but fears about the security of German Jews are a capitulation to anti-Semitism and an admittance that, again, Jews are not safe on German soil.”
“We will never submit, will never lower our gaze, and will never react to anti-Semitism with defeatism — and we expect and demand our allies act in the same way,” the president concluded.
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德国反犹太主义专员告诉犹太人不要在公共场合穿k k锅，以色列总统发表挑衅声明：“我们绝不会提交！”
由Algemeiner的Benjamin Kerstein撰写
以色列总统鲁文里夫林星期六发表了一份抗议声明，此前德国负责打击反犹太主义的高级官员表示，犹太男子应该限制在公共场合佩戴头巾。
“我们永远不会屈服，永远不会降低我们的目光，永远不会对失败主义的反犹太主义作出反应，”里夫林说。
他的声明是在德国政府反犹太主义专员菲利克斯克莱因周六表示的之后发表的，“我不能建议犹太人在德国各地随时都穿着kippa。”
克莱因将这种情况归咎于“解除社会上升的抑制和愚蠢”，并说，“互联网和社交媒体在很大程度上促成了这一点 – 但对我们的纪念文化的持续攻击也是如此。”
“德国政府的反犹太主义专员的声明表明，出于对安全的恐惧，犹太人最好不要在德国穿kippa，这让我深感震惊，”里夫林在一份声明中回应道。
“德国犹太社区每个成员对福利，自由和宗教信仰权的责任都掌握在德国政府及其执法机构手中，”他说。
“我们承认并赞赏德国政府的道德立场及其对居住在那里的犹太社区的承诺，”里夫林补充说，“但对德国犹太人安全的担忧是对反犹太主义的投降和再次入场，犹太人在德国境内并不安全。“
“我们永远不会屈服，永远不会降低我们的目光，永远不会对失败主义的反犹太主义作出反应 – 我们期望并要求我们的盟友以同样的方式行事，”总统总结道。
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