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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/0d7e57e3d1098fe7 https://verfassungsblog.de/antisemitism-on-trial/ Antisemitism on Trial - German Courts in a Polarized Era Paz, Reut Yael eng 2025-12-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Antisemitism from the river to the sea Staatsräson Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Antisemitic incidents in Germany have risen sharply since October 7, 2023, intensifying pressure on courts, public authorities, employers, and universities to determine where democratic contestation ends and unlawful discrimination begins. While many of these incidents never reach legal thresholds, courts are repeatedly called upon to decide whether contested speech, conduct, or affiliation constitutes legally relevant antisemitism. These decisions must be rendered in binary terms—lawful or unlawful, permissible or sanctionable—even when social meaning, political symbolism, and intent remain deeply contested.