Individuals who posted 'From the River to the Sea' on social media will be denied German citizenship, according to stipulations in the new citizenship law, as cited by German channel NDR (North German Radio and Television) and the Federal Interior Ministry this week.
People who are employed in Germany can work to obtain citizenship after five years, compared to the eight years previously required in the law.
One of the requirements for citizenship, clause 10.1.1.1.3.1, concerns "Germany’s special historical responsibility for the National Socialist injustice and its consequences, especially for the protection of Jewish life.".
This clause stipulated that an individual who contravenes Germany's legal commitment to the protection of Jews may not be eligible for citizenship.
For example, if "statements such as 'From the River to the Sea' coincide with an explicit call for violent actions against the State of Israel," this should be questioned in a citizenship interview.
“If you don’t share our values, you can’t get a German passport.
In August, a protester who chanted "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" at a Berlin rally was fined €600 by a German court. »
