Interior ministers from Germany’s 16 states and the federal government began meeting on Wednesday with anti-Semitism and the threat of Islamist terrorism the key topics, as the country feels the ripple effects of the Israel-Hamas war. The chairwoman of the conference, Berlin Senator of the Interior Iris Spranger, noted the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping Germany. Against that backdrop, she defended the crackdown on pro-Palestinian groups and solidarity rallies over the past two months. Since the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza, German authorities have refused to authoriz…