German security authorities alert amid Middle East tensions
German interior minister Nancy Faeser said that security authorities in the country are alert due to the tense situation in the Middle East.
“We are monitoring very closely how possible further escalations will affect the security situation in Germany,’’ Ms Faeser told the Rheinische Post regional newspaper on Thursday.
Ms Faeser said the risk of further escalation in the Middle East was high, describing the situation as “extremely dangerous.’’
Ms Faeser said that the German government and its international partners are working hard to de-escalate the situation.
“Since the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Gaza war, there has been a drastic increase in anti-Semitic crimes,’’ Ms Faeser said.
“Our security authorities are doing everything they can to break the spiral that leads from violence in the Middle East to even more repugnant anti-Semitism here,’’ she added.
Ms Faeser also noted that authorities were taking decisive action against the Islamist scene, citing the ban on the Islamic Centre Hamburg and its branches across the country in late July.
Additionally, she mentioned previous bans on the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the pro-Palestinian network Samidoun in Germany.
Ms Faeser expressed her sincere gratitude to the federal states for their ongoing efforts to protect Jewish and Israeli institutions in Germany through the deployment of strong police forces.
(dpa/NAN)
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