Never Again is Now: Protecting, Preserving and Strengthening Jewish Life in Germany

The resolution was praised by the Alternative for Germany party and Israeli government.^[8]

At the end of August 2024, an open signed by over 150 Jewish intellectuals and artists criticizing the bill was published in German newspaper taz.^[9]

On 11 November 2024, Human Rights Watch criticized the resolution in an online statement, writing that it "could negatively impact civil society and free expression in the country."^[10]

Other critics noted the text could "restrict academic and cultural liberties".^[3][11][12]

Following the passage of the resolution, the German government withheld a €10,000 (£8,360) award to British artist James Bridle, who had signed an open letter promising to boycott Israeli cultural institutions.^[13][14] In July 2024, Bridle had been awarded the Schelling Architecture Foundation's theory prize, and in October 2024 he signed a letter that stated "we will not work with Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians".^[13] The Foundation released a statement writing that Bridle's signature on the letter was "in direct contradiction" to responsibilities from the “awareness of Germany’s national history".^[13]

In a statement on ArtReview, Bridle wrote that "the far right, and the denial of genocide that accompanies it, are on the march everywhere."^[14]