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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/8d039577c3ecd775 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-dialectic-of-viewpoint-discrimination/ The Dialectic of Viewpoint Discrimination - On the Proposed Criminalisation of the “Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist” Meinel, Florian eng 2026-05-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Identity Criminal Law Israel Israel-Gaza War National constitutional identity Staatsräson Staatsräson Wunsiedel Staatsräson Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On the anniversary of Germany’s unconditional surrender, the Bundesrat today held its first reading of a bill that would criminalise certain statements about Israel under a newly created offence. The drafters invoke Germany’s responsibility to protect Jewish life in bold moral terms. Yet, the legislation they propose plainly denies that very responsibility. The political logic of viewpoint discrimination is inescapable, whatever the intentions.