nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/8d039577c3ecd775 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260508s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/8d039577c3ecd775 doi eng 342 23 Meinel, Florian Author aut The Dialectic of Viewpoint Discrimination - On the Proposed Criminalisation of the “Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist” Meinel, Florian Verfassungsblog 2026-05-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Constitutional Identity Criminal Law Israel Israel-Gaza War National constitutional identity Staatsräson Staatsräson Wunsiedel (DE-588)4193604-8 gnd Staatsräson Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-dialectic-of-viewpoint-discrimination/ raw object