23.9.

Here my short statement about the elections in Berlin, capital of Germany, in English translation:

Sometimes it’s nice to be far away. That is how I feel these days, after learning the election results in Berlin. The worst part is: I’m not surprised. I have visited Berlin often over the past twenty years—often enough to witness the city’s decline. For those who don’t know: I am a native Berliner. Third-generation. That may not seem like much, but today—when most Berliners do not actually come from Berlin—it is already a rarity. I remember Berlin from before the Wall was built: a city of ruins slowly recovering from the wartime nights of bombing. A city rebuilt by Berliners—painstakingly, lovingly, patiently, stone by stone. And I remember West Berlin from the early eighties: a brave, amusing, vibrant city with efficient, friendly civil servants, minimal bureaucracy, great tolerance, a large workforce, and traces of that old Berlin spirit—toughness, a "big mouth," straight talk, plenty of wit and quick repartee.

Today? A moribund welfare case. Ruined by ideologues—first in the East, then in the West. Even our children, back in the late eighties, suffered from indoctrination at the hands of the spreading breed of "Red-Green" teachers—often from Swabia or similarly progressive regions—at their Berlin high schools. By now, this species has completed its work: a few days ago, 43 percent of all Berliners under the age of 24—the city’s flourishing youth and hope for the future—opted for the post-communist party "Die Linke" (The Left). This party emerged directly from the SED (the East German state party) and remains captive to utopian dreams of Marxist expropriation and similar failed concepts.

From my encounters with this generation, I know that their worldview is shaped by ignorance, a disjointed education gleaned from TikTok, fear, and a sense of being overwhelmed. Older generations have failed utterly when it comes to these godforsaken children. Parents and teachers have fobbed them off with a cynical relativism and left them out in the cold. When I read from my books at German high schools last year, I found these young Germans—despite our disagreeing on almost everything—to be generally good-natured, even polite (just as I treated them politely in return), and, after some initial hesitation, willing to engage in discussion. There were frank exchanges, we laughed together a few times, and some even wanted to take selfies with me. Yet I know that most of them reject Israel and view the Palestinians as victims of the West—just as they view themselves as victims of the West.

Growing up with sophisticated tech gadgets but no inner stability - because lacking real goals or credible role models -, addicted to smartphones, otherwise averse to reading and writing, and simultaneously spoiled and neglected, they look to a vague socialism (touted as the solution to all their problems by equally naive children of the preceding generation). It shall, as they hope, provide the happiness their city—gloomy, problem-ridden, and sliding into misery—can no longer offer. The big housing corporations are to blame and must be expropriated; the AfD is to blame, along with all "right-wingers"; the Americans are to blame, especially Trump; and, of course, the warmongering "child-killer" Israel—a narrative that allows them to circumvent, for the time being, the age-old, unforgettable, yet discredited formula: "the Jews are to blame." It is a simplistic worldview, the kind one reads every day on (the leading news magazine) Spiegel Online—the favorite medium of their teachers and demagogues.

Berlin’s criminal Islamic element—already expanding rapidly in recent years—is being embraced by the "Die Linke" (The Left). A process of legalization. Clan boss Issa Remmo appeared in high spirits at the election party of the Neukölln branch of "The Left", as did a certain Ibrahim Ibrahim—a rabid agitator against Israel. Their contact man is Member of Parluament Ferat Kocak, who dresses like a pirate captain—a truly colorful character in "colorful" Berlin. He and other Berlin politicians from "The Left" advocate for further reducing the police presence in Berlin—which is already woefully inadequate.

Berlin as a place where criminal and politically militant Muslims can feel at home. Young voters dutifully cast their ballots for the destruction of their own future. I was reminded of what an Israeli police officer told my co-author Orit Arfa in an interview—published in our book about the bloody events of October 7th, So geschah es. Vor aller Augen ("This Is How It Happened: In Plain Sight"), which is being released around this time:

"I want to remind you: You are next. Berlin, London, Paris. They are among you—in the millions. Many of them—not all; I have Muslim friends whom I truly like and respect—but a great many of them are like sleeper agents just waiting for an order. In interviews with Arab media, they are already declaring their intention to introduce Sharia law in your cities. The day will come when they rise up in Berlin, and then what we witnessed on October 7th will happen right where you live. It is time for you to wake up and realize this."

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