Berlin – A prominent Jewish group has criticized a court in western Germany for concluding that two men who firebombed a synagogue weren’t anti-Semitic.
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Wuppertal’s district court on Thursday found the unnamed men of Palestinian origin guilty of attempted serious arson for throwing a molotov cocktail at a synagogue in July, causing 800 euros ($920) damage.
The unnamed defendants were handed a suspended sentence of one year and three months in prison. Together with a third, juvenile defendant, they were ordered to perform 200 hours of community work.
Court spokeswoman Carmen Schlosser said the adult defendants had claimed they wanted to draw attention to the conflict in Gaza and had apologized for their actions.
But the American Jewish Committee Berlin said Friday the Wuppertal court’s ruling effectively whitewashed anti-Semitic acts.
The administrators of the Synagogue probably had to aplogize. The Synagogue, the arsonists claimed, was in their way of getting to a protest where they were going to exercize their right to free speech.
neeh shoin! WADDA WE EXPECT FROM THOSE NAZIS
That was a German court, yes? They heard the defendants and concluded “They are not anti-Semitic, they are just like the rest of us. It warms up the court’s hart to know that people are basically the same everywhere…”
Next time the molotovs should explode in their hands.
That’s why i never bought a German car, and nor will i ever rent one
How is it anticemitic?
Throwing bombs into Jews, any German can do it! Just like they did 70 years ago.
What a natzi country!