Policies of deterrence The impact of anti-Semitism resolutions on journalism in Germany
By Mandy Tröger | Since the German Bundestag passed the so-called »BDS resolution« in May 2019, the issue of anti-Semitism in Germany has not only been a subject of political and legal debates, but increasingly also of media discourse. The resolution, which condemned the BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) campaign against Israel and its settlement policy as anti-Semitic (German Bundestag 2019), is not legally binding. Still, according to the Bundestag cross-party initiative, it is intended to have a normative effect. The resolution has had a direct impact on public debates, for example through restricting public spaces to discuss the BDS campaign (cf. German Bundestag 2020: 4ff., Tröger 2019). Since then, similar resolutions at the federal level have reinforced this development.