The number of anti-Semitic crimes committed by Islamists in Germany has risen dramatically since the Hamas massacre on 7 October 2023. Figures from the German government illustrate the extent of this type of anti-Semitism.
The number of anti-Semitic crimes with an Islamist background rose by 6 per cent from 2024 to 2025. Last year, the authorities recorded 670 such cases, ranging from the glorification of terrorism, verbal abuse and damage to property to serious acts of violence. This is shown by a special analysis commissioned by Green Party MP Lamya Kaddor, writes Die Welt.
The analysis reveals a drastic shift following the Hamas attack on Israel: between 7 October and the end of 2023, the authorities recorded 331 cases – ten times as many as in the preceding nine months. In 2022, there had been only 16.
“Anti-Semitism from Islamist circles must not go unchallenged,” Kaddor told WELT AM SONNTAG.
At the same time, she warned against drawing “all-encompassing conclusions” about anti-Semitism in Muslim contexts.
In almost half of the offences, symbols of terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Islamic State were involved. In addition, there are more violent crimes, such as stabbings, attempted murders and, in the worst cases, murder and terrorism.
The President of the German Jewish Council, Josef Schuster, sees a permanent deterioration in the security situation and believes the threat to Jews has reached “an intolerable level”. The interior ministers of several German federal states are issuing warnings.
“Since 7 October 2023, anti-Semitism has become a key mobilising issue for Islamists,” said Hesse’s Minister for the Interior, Roman Poseck (CDU).
Herbert Reul (CDU), Minister for the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, is concerned about online radicalisation:
“Islamists are now making contact via mobile phones. We must not allow this door to be opened for them.”
Conflicts in the Middle East are the motive behind around half of the offences, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
The number of offences with a foreign ideological background rose by approximately 18 per cent. These include crimes committed by Hamas supporters or left-wing extremists who support the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Prefer to focus on right-wing extremism
Nevertheless, the German authorities wish to focus on right-wing extremism, which they claim is responsible for the largest proportion of such crimes.
Clara Bünger, the Left Party’s spokesperson on home affairs, warns against a one-sided debate:
“Those who deny their own responsibility and the widespread nature of anti-Semitism in society as a whole are trivialising it.”
The Left Party (Die Linke) is struggling with several representatives accused of anti-Semitic views and statements. Following Die Linke’s victory in the Berlin state election on 20 September, negotiations have been taking place to form a state government with the Social Democrats (SPD) and Die Grünen (The Greens).
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Signs of widespread anti-Semitism within Die Linke have led the SPD and Die Grünen to be reluctant to cooperate with the party, and members of a party on the far left can hardly be called right-wing extremists.
In December 2025, the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) replaced its advisers on Islam and established a new advisory panel.
“We must consistently combat anti-Semitism everywhere and in every form,” said Christoph de Vries (CDU).
De Vries is State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and has primary responsibility for this matter.
“It is good that the advisory panel at the BMI explicitly addresses Muslim anti-Semitism, which is particularly widespread in major German cities.”
The expert panel includes the psychologist Ahmad Mansour, who is a well-known critic of political Islam. The panel is scheduled to present its recommendations at the turn of the year.
Germany is not unique in this regard. Hatred of Jews and Israel has become very evident in most countries in Western Europe. Islamists are supported by authorities and politicians, particularly on the left, who relentlessly use the term ‘genocide’ in relation to the Gaza war.
The Norwegian authorities are among the worst. The government provides massive support to the Palestinian Arabs and has imposed sanctions on Israel’s economy. Our Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide (Labour Party), has been declared persona non grata in Israel.
Furthermore, it is Norway that stands behind the Nobel Committee, which this autumn insulted Israel by awarding this year’s Peace Prize to the South African lawyer Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay. Pillay is one of the instigators of the false allegations that a genocide is taking place in the Gaza Strip.
