Angela Merkel, who has denounced the emergence of 'another form of anti-Semitism' from refugees of Arab origin in Germany

Angela Merkel has denounced the emergence of 'another form of anti-Semitism' from refugees of Arab origin in Germany.

The German Chancellor made the remarks in an interview with Israeli television on Sunday after an alleged anti-Semitic attack in Berlin on Tuesday provoked uproar.

According the German tabloid Bild, the main alleged perpetrator, who surrendered to police, is a Syrian refugee who lived in a centre for migrants near Berlin.

'We have a new phenomenon, as we have many refugees among whom there are, for example, people of Arab origin who bring another form of anti-Semitism into the country,' Merkel told the private Channel 10 network.

In the interview, Merkel said the German government had appointed a commissioner to fight against anti-Semitism.

'The fact that no nursery, no school, no synagogue can be left without police protection dismays us,' she said.

Victim: Mr Armush, 21, says he and a friend were attacked for wearing kippas in public in southern Berlin on Tuesday. He said he is not Jewish but wore the skullcap as an experiment after being warned Jewish people were facing violence

Shocking: Adam Armush, 21, was able to film on his mobile phone as another young man (pictured) viciously beat him with a belt while shouting 'Yahudi' - 'Jew' in Arabic in Berlin yesterday

'Berlin wears a kippah' protest planned A Jewish organisation has called on all Berlin citizens to wear a skullcap and join a protest in front of the city hall to protest growing antisemitism on Wednesday. The Jewish Community of the German capital of Berlin have planned the protest in front of the city hall. Under the motto 'Berlin wears a kippah', the Jewish organisation is calling on every Berlin citizen to wear the traditional brimless cap also known as a yarmulke. Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Josef Schuster and chief of the Berlin Jewish Community Gideon Joffe are set to make speeches. Women - who in Judaism never wear a kippah - have been called upon to wear a skullcap to make a statement. The protest organisers said that skullcaps will be made available for everyone at the protest. Advertisement

Merkel also reaffirmed that Israel's security was a central concern for Germany because of its 'eternal responsibility' for the Holocaust.

But she rejected the possibility that Berlin would follow Washington's example and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

'We must work for a two-state solution, and according to that, the status of Jerusalem must be clarified,' she said.

The US move has angered Palestinians who see east Jerusalem, annexed by Israel, as the capital of any future Palestinian state.

Merkel also reiterated Germany's support for the continuation of the Iran nuclear deal, which provides for curbs to Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for relief from international sanctions.

'We think it's better to have an agreement, even if it's not perfect, than no agreement,' she said.

Israeli leaders and US President Donald Trump's administration think the deal - signed in 2015 between Iran and the world's five nuclear powers, plus Germany - is too lax.

Trump has threatened to restore sanctions against Iran and withdraw from the deal if his European partners do not 'fix' it by May 12.