"Terror supporters, antisemites and extremists" could have their German citizenship revoked — if they hold a second nationality, according to planning documents. Critics of the move say it will lead to unequal treatment.
Yes, it makes a lot of reasonable people antisemitic just because they can see what Israel is doing to Palestinians. Since the policy then can’t be enforced consistently, this kind of situation gives a government a pretext for punishing anyone they dislike for other reasons. It’s still useful to governments to have laws almost everyone breaks, and that are seldom enforced, because then they can choose when, and against whom, to enforce them.
Yes, it makes a lot of reasonable people antisemitic just because they can see what Israel is doing to Palestinians. Since the policy then can’t be enforced consistently, this kind of situation gives a government a pretext for punishing anyone they dislike for other reasons. It’s still useful to governments to have laws almost everyone breaks, and that are seldom enforced, because then they can choose when, and against whom, to enforce them.