German court calls synagogue torching an act to 'criticize Israel'

[TomSea]

German court calls synagogue torching an act to 'criticize Israel'
ByBenjamin Weinthal
13 January 2017 03:41
A regional court in Germany has decided that a brutal attempt to set fire to a local synagogue in 2014 was an act meant to express criticism against Israel's conduct in its ongoing conflict with Gaza
A German regional court in the city of Wuppertal affirmed a lower court decision last Friday stating that a violent attempt to burn the city's synagogue by three men in 2014 was a justified expression of criticism of Israel’s policies.

Johannes Pinnel, a spokesman for the regional court in Wuppertal, outlined the court’s decision in a statement.
Three German Palestinians sought to torch the Wuppertal synagogue with Molotov cocktails in July, 2014.  The local Wuppertal court panel said in its 2015 decision that the three men wanted to draw “attention to the Gaza conflict” with Israel. The court deemed the attack not to be motivated by antisemitism.
Continued: http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/German-court-calls-synagogue-torching-an-act-to-criticize-Israel-478330

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Germany comes around full circle to 1934.

[GtHawk]

Germany comes around full circle to 1934.

I wonder, if some Jews or even German Christians, tossed a few molotov cocktails at a mosque would these so called jurists also make the determination that it was not a hate crime but done only to call attention to the muslim animals raping and assaulting German women, girls and young boys? 

[Fishrrman]

Free speech on the march!

From burning flags...

... to burning synagogues!

Wenn du es machst, mach es auf deutsch!

[andy58-in-nh]

Right. And was Kristalnacht an artistic expression of rage?