BERLIN — An antisemitic sign in a shop window in a northern German town has gone viral. Now, even Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid is threatening to sue the shopkeeper in Flensburg “for every cent he owns.”

On Wednesday, passersby in the town of Flensburg spotted a sign in the window of a used bookstore on Duburger Street printed on white paper, reading, “Jews are banned from entering here! Nothing personal, not even antisemitism, I just can’t stand you.”

The 60-year-old shop owner, Hans Velten Reisch, told German media that he had put up the poster himself, out of anger over the war in Gaza. He expressed surprise over the public outcry.

Photos of the antisemitic sign went viral, drawing expressions of outrage from Jewish leaders, politicians and public officials who said the messag

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