Anti-Semitism has no place in Germany, minister says after Israeli flags burned


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  • Monday, 11 Dec 2017

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said there was no place for anti-Semitism in Germany after demonstrators angered by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel burned Israeli flags in Berlin.

On Sunday, about 2,500 people demonstrated in Berlin against Trump's decision and one Israeli flag was burned, police said, adding that investigations into 11 people had been launched, with one of those related to the flag burning.

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