As a result of these conflicts , through the 1990s , small groups and circles associated with Anti-German ideas began to emerge throughout Germany , refining their ideological positions by dissenting from prevailing opinions within the German Left . These positions became particularly prominent within " Anti-fascist " groups . The Gulf War in 1990 consolidated the Anti-German position around a new issue , specifically criticism of the broader Left 's failure to side with Israel against rocket attacks launched into civilian areas by the regime of Saddam Hussein . Leading left-wing writers such as Eike Geisel and : de : Wolfgang Pohrt criticised the German peace movement for failing to appreciate the threat posed by Ba'athism to left-wing movements through the Middle East , in particular around the Iraqi regime 's use of poison gas , which had been in part established thanks to German technology . The outbreak of the Second Intifada provided another focal point for the emerging Anti-German movement . While other left-wing analysis identified Israel as an aggressor to the point they would often support Islamist groups such as Hamas , the Anti-German camp called for unconditional solidarity with Israel , explicitly Jews and other non-Arab groups native to the region against pan-Arabist ideology . This resulted in leading Anti-German publications including Konkret and Bahamas to draw links between the antisemitism of Islamist groups and the antisemitism of the Nazis , as both groups upheld the extermination of the Jews as central to their politics . This break with other left-wing positions was further intensified by the September 11 attacks on America , with Anti-Germans strongly criticising other leftist positions that claimed that Al-Qaeda 's assault on the United States was an act of anti-imperialist or anti-capitalist resistance against American hegemony , instead claiming that Al-Qaeda and their attacks represented a modern form of fascism that needed to be stringently opposed
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Anti-Germans (political current)