<p>FRANKFURT, Germany — Police in Germany say they are investigating a Jewish man’s report of being punched in the face and abused with antisemitic language while walking home in Berlin early Saturday. </p>
<p>A Berlin police news release said the 41-year-old man wearing a traditional skullcap, or kippa, passed three other men in Duerer Square at about 2:15 a.m. One of three punched him in the face, knocking him against a shop window, and added an antisemitic insult, the man told police when he reported the incident at a local precinct. </p>
<p>He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released. Police said the men have not been located. </p>
<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her weekly video podcast on Saturday to condemn anti-Jewish statements heard at recent protests over the recent fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. </p>
<p>Merkel said that “whoever takes hatred of Jews to our streets places himself outside our constitutional order.” </p>
<p>The head of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany also condemned antisemitic chants during the protests.</p>
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