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| Angela Merkel speaks in Berlin against anti-Semitism | |
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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun speaking at a mass rally against anti-Semitism, amid a sharp rise in attacks on Germany's Jews. | |
| The event in Berlin is taking place 75 years after the outbreak of the World War Two, in which six million Jews were killed by Nazi Germany. | |
| Mrs Merkel has vowed to do everything she can "to ensure anti-Semitism doesn't have a chance". | Mrs Merkel has vowed to do everything she can "to ensure anti-Semitism doesn't have a chance". |
| The surge in anti-Semitism follows the summer's conflict in Gaza. | The surge in anti-Semitism follows the summer's conflict in Gaza. |
| The rally at the Brandenburg Gate - under the banner "Stand Up: Jew Hatred - Never Again!" - coincides with a World Jewish Congress (WJC) meeting in the capital. | The rally at the Brandenburg Gate - under the banner "Stand Up: Jew Hatred - Never Again!" - coincides with a World Jewish Congress (WJC) meeting in the capital. |
| Speaking in her weekly podcast, Chancellor Merkel said Germany had "a lot of work ahead of us" to tackle the rise in anti-Semitism. | Speaking in her weekly podcast, Chancellor Merkel said Germany had "a lot of work ahead of us" to tackle the rise in anti-Semitism. |
| She said there was "not a single Jewish institution" in the country that does not require police protection in the current climate. | She said there was "not a single Jewish institution" in the country that does not require police protection in the current climate. |
| "That's something that very much concerns me," she added. | "That's something that very much concerns me," she added. |
| During the height of Israel's bombardment of Gaza in July, Germany's Jewish community condemned an "explosion of evil and violent hatred of Jews" at pro-Palestinian rallies. | During the height of Israel's bombardment of Gaza in July, Germany's Jewish community condemned an "explosion of evil and violent hatred of Jews" at pro-Palestinian rallies. |
| Some demonstrators were reported to have shouted slogans saying "Zionists are fascists, killing children and civilians" and yelled that Jews should be "gassed". | Some demonstrators were reported to have shouted slogans saying "Zionists are fascists, killing children and civilians" and yelled that Jews should be "gassed". |
| Last week, a swastika and the words "Jews" and the Nazi slogan "Sieg Heil" were spray-painted on to a local newspaper building in the eastern city of Cottbus. | Last week, a swastika and the words "Jews" and the Nazi slogan "Sieg Heil" were spray-painted on to a local newspaper building in the eastern city of Cottbus. |
| Organisers of Sunday's rally hope more than 10,000 people will attend. | Organisers of Sunday's rally hope more than 10,000 people will attend. |