In 2003, the Antidiskriminierungsnetzwerk Berlin (Anti-Discrimination Network Berlin, ADNB) was founded in the German capital. Since then, it has published annual reports documenting various forms of discrimination and what is referred to in Germany as group-focused enmity. In December, the network presented its 2023/24 Anti-Discrimination Report, concluding that racist hostility had increased by around 20 per cent over the two-year period. According to the report, “anti-Muslim and anti-Black racism were particularly prevalent,” and the most common setting for incidents was the workplace. The report further states: “For 2024, we observed an unprecedented surge in anti-Palestinian racism in the context of employment.”

Since October 2023, employees with Palestinian backgrounds or connections have faced severe pressure, both from state institutions and in their private lives. In January 2025, the German parliament passed a resolution ostensibly aimed at tackling antisemitism at universities. In reality, its purpose is to........

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