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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa165.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.aljazeera.com/video/featured-documentaries/2025/9/11/germanys-israel-obsession\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.aljazeera.com/video/featured-documentaries/2025/9/11/germanys-israel-obsession\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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With critics of Israel being sacked, cancelled, silenced, arrested and banned from Germany, one Jewish philosopher has called this a “McCarthyism” for the 21st century. We’ll see how in today’s Germany, a nation that killed most of his family but granted him citizenship in 2011, Loewenstein is told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. 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With critics of Israel being sacked, cancelled, silenced, arrested and banned from Germany, one Jewish philosopher has called this a “McCarthyism” for the 21st century. We’ll see how in today’s Germany, a nation that killed most of his family but granted him citizenship in 2011, Loewenstein is told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. The journey will reveal the ultimate irony – how determination to fight anti-Semitism is actually being used to empower the very forces, the far right, with the closest ties to Germany’s dark fascist past.\n\nPublished On 11 Sep 202511 Sep 2025\n\nSave\n\nClick here to share on social media\n\nShare\n\nAdd Al Jazeera on Google\n\n## More from the same show\n***\n- ### [Iran: From Khamenei to Khamenei](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/3\/20\/iran-from-khamenei-to-khamenei)\n  ![](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1774030737.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 12 minutes 53 seconds\n  \n  12:53\n- ### [Latin America: In the Shadow of the US \\| Ep 3 – Chaos](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/2\/23\/latin-america-in-the-shadow-of-the-us-ep-3)\n  ![](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1771771189.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 47 minutes 16 seconds\n  \n  47:16\n- ### [Trump’s Push for Greenland](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/2\/22\/trumps-push-for-greenland)\n  ![](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1771763737.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 25 minutes 08 seconds\n  \n  25:08\n- ### [Latin America: In the Shadow of the US \\| Ep 2 – Wars](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/2\/17\/latin-america-in-the-shadow-of-the-us-ep-2-wars)\n  ![web](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e2-web-1771342740.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 46 minutes 48 seconds\n  \n  46:48\n- ### [Latin America: In the Shadow of the US \\| Ep 1 – Coups](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/2\/9\/latin-america-in-the-shadow-of-the-us-ep-1-coups)\n  ![](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1770642111.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 47 minutes 04 seconds\n  \n  47:04\n- ### [Indonesia’s Flood Catastrophe \\| The Full Report](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/1\/27\/indonesias-flood-catastrophe-the-full-report)\n  ![](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1769537878.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 24 minutes 46 seconds\n  \n  24:46\n- ### [Venezuela: In the Shadow of the US](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/featured-documentaries\/2026\/1\/23\/venezuela-in-the-shadow-of-the-us)\n  ![](https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1769177551.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)\n  \n  Video Duration 24 minutes 50 seconds\n  \n  24:50\n\n***\n- ## About\n  About\n  Show more\n  - 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With critics of Israel being sacked, cancelled, silenced, arrested and banned from Germany, one Jewish philosopher has called this a “McCarthyism” for the 21st century. We’ll see how in today’s Germany, a nation that killed most of his family but granted him citizenship in 2011, Loewenstein is told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. The journey will reveal the ultimate irony – how determination to fight anti-Semitism is actually being used to empower the very forces, the far right, with the closest ties to Germany’s dark fascist past.\n\nPublished On 11 Sep 2025","meta_canonical":null}

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First Indexed	2025-09-11 13:17:17 (7 months ago)
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Meta Title	Germany’s Israel Obsession \| Documentary \| Al Jazeera
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Boilerpipe Text	Featured Documentaries The fight against anti-Semitism in Germany is empowering those with the closest ties to its fascist past. Prominent Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein returns to his ancestral home, Germany, to investigate how the country’s impulse never to repeat the horrendous anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust has resulted in the suppression of any criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza. With critics of Israel being sacked, cancelled, silenced, arrested and banned from Germany, one Jewish philosopher has called this a “McCarthyism” for the 21st century. We’ll see how in today’s Germany, a nation that killed most of his family but granted him citizenship in 2011, Loewenstein is told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. The journey will reveal the ultimate irony – how determination to fight anti-Semitism is actually being used to empower the very forces, the far right, with the closest ties to Germany’s dark fascist past. Published On 11 Sep 2025
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Read more Prominent Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein returns to his ancestral home, Germany, to investigate how the country’s impulse never to repeat the horrendous anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust has resulted in the suppression of any criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza. With critics of Israel being sacked, cancelled, silenced, arrested and banned from Germany, one Jewish philosopher has called this a “McCarthyism” for the 21st century. We’ll see how in today’s Germany, a nation that killed most of his family but granted him citizenship in 2011, Loewenstein is told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. The journey will reveal the ultimate irony – how determination to fight anti-Semitism is actually being used to empower the very forces, the far right, with the closest ties to Germany’s dark fascist past. 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Readable Markdown	[Featured Documentaries](https://www.aljazeera.com/video/featured-documentaries/) The fight against anti-Semitism in Germany is empowering those with the closest ties to its fascist past. Prominent Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein returns to his ancestral home, Germany, to investigate how the country’s impulse never to repeat the horrendous anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust has resulted in the suppression of any criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza. With critics of Israel being sacked, cancelled, silenced, arrested and banned from Germany, one Jewish philosopher has called this a “McCarthyism” for the 21st century. We’ll see how in today’s Germany, a nation that killed most of his family but granted him citizenship in 2011, Loewenstein is told, as a Jew, what is acceptable to say about Israel. To find out why the German authorities are so committed to stifling any criticism of Israeli actions and what it means for democracy and human rights in the country, he will meet those being arrested and suffering job losses for criticising Israel, the people enforcing these laws and those on the far right claiming to support Israel. The journey will reveal the ultimate irony – how determination to fight anti-Semitism is actually being used to empower the very forces, the far right, with the closest ties to Germany’s dark fascist past. Published On 11 Sep 2025
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