By: M. Engelberg, J. Mahnke, J. Mell, C. Perrevoort, I. Pfannkuche, Th. Röthemeier, F. Schneider, M. Zitzow
Pro-Palestine demonstrations had been announced again in major cities for Saturday. The security forces were on alert because there had been repeated outbreaks of violence and anti-Semitic slogans in recent days.
► Around 7,000 people gathered at Düsseldorf main station at 2 p.m. who wanted to march along Königsallee towards the state parliament. The police were on site with hundreds and reinforcements from Bavaria.
Police officers from Bavaria are strengthening the forces in Düsseldorf
Photo: IMAGE
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Unbelievable: One of the speakers openly threatened the CDU mayor Dr. Stephan Keller (53). He should change his course, otherwise the demonstrators would come every Saturday – their children would already make up 30 percent of the students in Düsseldorf. Apparently this meant children of Muslim parents.
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And: There were also anti-Semitic incidents! A hate sign read: “Israel is committing genocide.” The poster was quickly thrown away.
The hate poster was held by two women. They quote a 95-year-old Israeli veteran who said these words shortly after Hamas’ barbaric massacre. In fact, there never was a genocide against the Palestinians.
Other participants chanted “Germany is funding, Israel is bombing.” A woman in a leather jacket shouted into the microphone: “Mass murderer Israel! Women murderer Israel! Child murderer Israel!” On her T-shirt the outline of the State of Israel and the Palestinian territories could be seen – but the entire area bore the Palestinian colors. A clear sign that it wants to wipe out the state of Israel and wipe it off the map.
The speaker wears a leather jacket and hatred of Israel on her T-shirt
The police are checking whether crimes were committed at the demonstration.
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► In Cologne, both pro-Palestinian (approx. 250 people) and pro-Israeli (approx. 20 people) groups demonstrated at the Heumarkt. They stood 300 meters apart, within sight and hearing distance.
People demonstrate peacefully for Israel
Foto: Patric Fouad
The police had to intervene even before the demonstration began. Reason: A woman at the pro-Pestine event carried a poster that read: “The Holocaust is happening again and the world is watching.” Clear trivialization of the Holocaust!
Police confiscate the Israel hater’s anti-Semitic poster
Foto: Patric Fouad
On the back it said “If you are for Israel, you support genocide.” The police spoke to the woman, took her aside and collected the poster. According to the Cologne police, there is an initial suspicion of trivializing the Holocaust.
A statement is read out at the Cologne Heumarkt
Foto: Patric Fouad
▶︎ Despite a ban on demonstrations, around 230 protesters came together for a pro-Palestinian rally on the corner of Steindamm and Stralsunderstraße near Hamburg Central Station.
Several dozen demonstrators came together in Hamburg despite the ban
Photo: Marco Zitzow
The crowd chanted “Viva Palestine” and held up, among other things, a poster that read “Israel is killing children.”
After the police repeatedly asked participants to stop the illegal rally, the event was broken up. The participants spread out across the neighboring streets.
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In addition to loudspeaker announcements, a digital police display also provided information about the ban on demonstrations. The display read: “Your meeting has been banned.” The police are on site with a large contingent, water cannons and clearing vehicles.
The police make the crowd aware that the demonstration in Hamburg has been banned
Photo: Marco Zitzow
Originally, 1,500 participants wanted to demonstrate on Saturday at Steindamm in the St. Georg district of Hamburg, but the large demonstration was initially banned by the administrative court and on Saturday also by the higher administrative court. Despite the ban, the police in St. Georg increased their presence on Saturday afternoon to enforce the ban.
▶︎ In Frankfurt, several hundred people gathered at the Alte Oper. The city had previously banned the demonstration – but a court overturned the decision.
Hundreds of people demonstrate at the Alte Oper
Photo: Jürgen Mahnke
▶︎ In Berlin, 5,000 to 6,000 people are currently gathering at Oranienplatz in the Kreuzberg district. They marched from Kottbusser Tor to Hermannplatz, holding two rallies in between. The police were also on site with interpreters, among other things.
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At the beginning, the emergency services read out restrictions on gatherings in German and Arabic. This includes, among other things: propagating the destruction of the State of Israel or its residents or glorifying acts of violence.
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It remained to be seen whether the police would take action against Israel haters after the escalations of the past few days. The demonstration was broken up around 6:30 p.m.
In the evening there were individual riots in Neukölln in Berlin…
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… there were several arrests
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Meanwhile, there was another demonstration in front of the Foreign Office in Berlin. But only 15 people came together here.
Israel’s legitimate defense against terrorists appears to ignore this trio
Photo: Olaf Selchow
▶︎ A pro-Palestinian rally with over 500 participants has been taking place at Opernplatz in Hanover City since 3 p.m. The German-Israeli Society met around 300 meters away with 250 participants. The police were on site with a large contingent. There were no arguments.
▶︎ The city of Braunschweig had banned a meeting of the German-Palestinian Association planned for Saturday. The pro-Palestine meetings in Bremen were also canceled. The interior authorities approved it – and it was peaceful with 500 participants.
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