Anniversary of the Hamas massacre: Wegner on October 7th: Jews in Berlin experience open hatred

On the third anniversary of the terrorist attack by the Islamist Hamas on Israel, Berlin's mayor Kai Wegner pointed out the growing threat to Jews in the capital since then. Jewish Berliners today are “worried about how safe they are in our city,” the CDU politician wrote on X during a visit to Israel. They also asked themselves how safe their children are at school or daycare. “You experience that hatred is openly displayed – on our streets and our squares.”

Wegner wrote that Berlin bears a special historical responsibility as the city in which the Holocaust was planned and organized. “That’s why “Never again” is Berlin’s mission for every single day.” The German capital stands on the side of Israel and on the side of the Jews in Berlin. Our thoughts are with the survivors of the Hamas attack and everyone who still has to live with the consequences of terror today. We also remember those murdered, those abducted and their relatives. “We also think about the suffering that Hamas has brought on the Palestinian population.” Tel Aviv has been Berlin's 19th twin city since last year.

In the massacre by the terrorist organization Hamas, around 1,200 people were killed and 251 were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. Israel responded with a military offensive in Gaza, which led to a protracted war in which tens of thousands of people were killed.