Rockets are launched towards Israel from Gaza City on May 11, 2021. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
In Muenster, police arrested 13 people after witnesses reported “a group of about 15 with Arabic appearance” shouting and burning an Israeli flag in front of the synagogue. Police in Bonn arrested three suspects in their 20s in connection with the burning of an Israeli flag outside a synagogue. A window in the door of the synagogue had been shattered.
Bishop Batzing, chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, called the incident an “unjustifiable act of pure antisemitism.”
The incident in Spain happened in Ceuta, an enclave of that kingdom in North Africa. In addition to spray-painting “Free Palestine,” the perpetrators write AUAH, which stands for “Allah hu akbar,” “Allah is the greatest” in Arabic.