Questions added to citizenship test on antisemitism, Israel and Germany's responsibility towards Jewish people

Applicants for German citizenship will be required to explicitly affirm Israel’s right to exist under a new citizenship law which came into effect on Tuesday.

The new law shortened the number of years that a person must have lived in Germany in order to obtain a passport, from eight to five years. It will also allow first-generation migrants to be dual citizens.

As part of the shake-up, new questions were added to the country’s citizenship test, including about Judaism and Israel’s right to exist.

  • Successful_Try543English
    58·
    5 days ago

    Is it also forbidden to say “Hawaii will be free” or “Free Tibet”?

    Of course not. This is something entirely different. /s

      • Successful_Try543English
        53·
        5 days ago

        I thought this is obvious. I’ll mark it with /s now to make sure everyone understands.

        • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          72·
          5 days ago

          Yeah no in the context of a german explaining why rounding up jews and throwing them in jail for protesting Israel is no big deal, you gotta be really, really obvious when you’re making a joke since we’re already well past poe’s law.