German official deletes antisemitic tweet equating Jesus with the Palestinians

The director of Germany’s Near and Middle East department at the foreign ministry deleted a tweet widely criticized as antisemitic because it compared the repression of Jesus to the Palestinians.

People walk past the seat of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2018.

People walk past the seat of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2018.

(photo credit: REUTERS/FABRIZIO BENSCH)

ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

JANUARY 4, 2019 18:30

Updated: JANUARY 6, 2019 03:13