When the Goethe-Institut, the Berliner Festspiele, the Humboldt Forum and numerous other highly subsidized cultural institutions come together for an appeal, there must be a serious problem.
The protest note with the awkward title “Initiative GG 5.3 Open-mindedness” is suing the Bundestag resolution that no more tax money may be spent on inviting BDS supporters.
BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) is a worldwide association of artists and scientists who boycott Israel and question its right to exist.
For the BDS, Israel is a colonial power that, like the apartheid regime in South Africa, must be brought down through a global boycott.