Police secure the area of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, October 20, 2024. (Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner)
German authorities arrested an Islamic State supporter who was planning to carry out a terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin, according to an announcement from Germany’s Public Prosecutor General on Sunday.
The suspected terrorist, who is publicly identified as “Omar A,” was arrested on Saturday in Bernau, outside of Berlin, according to Euro News.
Omar A is reportedly a Libyan national who has expressed ideological support for the radical Islamist terrorist organization that has conducted numerous terrorist attacks against Jewish and Western targets over the years. Euro News reported that he had communicated with an ISIS operative through a messenger chat online.
The German tabloid Bild reported that Omar A intended to hide in his uncle’s adjacent apartment and then flee the country after carrying out a terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy.
Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, warned of the lethal consequences of Muslim antisemitism worldwide.
“Muslim antisemitism is no longer just hate rhetoric; it leads to and encourages terrorist activities worldwide. This is yet another example of Israeli embassies being on the front line of the diplomatic battlefield,” Prosor wrote in a post on 𝕏.
Nancy Faeser, German federal minister of the Interior and Community, announced that the country’s security authorities succeeded in thwarting the planned attack.
“Our security authorities acted in time to thwart possible plans to attack the Israeli embassy in Berlin,” Faeser wrote on 𝕏. “This shows that protecting Jewish and Israeli institutions in our country is vital and of the utmost importance to us.”
In recent years, Germany has emerged as one of the Jewish state’s strongest supporters in Europe. At the same time, Germany has absorbed a large number of migrants from primarily Islam-majority countries, where antisemitism is endemic.
In March, Faeser underscored that Germany would not tolerate antisemitism and would deny citizenship to individuals who harbor hatred of Jews or other groups.
“Antisemitism, racism, and other forms of contempt for humanity rule out naturalization,” Faeser said in an interview with Der Spiegel.
“Whoever does not share our values, cannot receive a German passport. We have drawn a crystal-clear red line, she added. The minister also stressed that questions about Judaism, the Holocaust and Israel would be included in the German citizenship test.
In September, the German Federal Ministry announced it would deny citizenship to individuals who call for Israel’s destruction by using the phrase, “From the river to the sea.” The expression has become increasingly popular among anti-Israel activists worldwide and coincides with “an explicit call for violent actions against the State of Israel,” the ministry stated.
ISIS and its supporters are not the only actors threatening Israeli and Jewish interests in Europe. A report issued in early October revealed that Iran’s ayatollah regime increasingly uses European-based criminals to attack Israeli and Jewish targets across the European continent. In May, Israeli intelligence revealed that the Tehran regime uses criminals in Europe to carry out attacks against Israelis and Jews, with Sweden emerging as a key recruitment ground.
In early October, Iran International reported that the Iranian regime had instructed criminals to attack Israeli embassies in Denmark and Sweden.
