Tag: Palestine
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German Israel correspondent Sophie von der Tann remains cool – despite unfair and massive agitation
The Israel correspondent of the public broadcaster ARD is being honoured for her Middle East reporting – and attacked. Her alleged offence: she referred to the “historical background” of the Gaza war. The jury stands behind her. The Middle East…
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Donkeys from Gaza welcomed, but no children: Only animals “evacuated” to Germany
Through an Israeli animal welfare organisation, donkeys are being evacuated from Gaza. Injured children, however, remain blocked by the German government despite offers of assistance by some cities. Eight donkeys from the Gaza Strip have found a new home in…
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536 arrests after pro-Palestinian protest in Bern: Canton security chief calls for Antifa ban
Following record-level unrest during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bern, the police give numbers. Accordingly, most of them came from other cantons. Twenty-three were minors. After Saturday’s pro-Palestinian protest in Bern, police confirmed that 536 individuals had been temporarily detained for…
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Protest camp in Ulm: ‘Elbit Systems enables the genocide in Gaza’
Jackie Andres on the policy of the Israeli arms company, the campaign ‘Shut Elbit Down Germany’ and criticism of it Why are there protests again this week in front of Elbit Systems in Ulm? Because Elbit Systems is one of…
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Don’t insure with Allianz: Campaign against Gaza war calls to withdraw from deals with Israel
With multi-billion investments, insurers such as Allianz and Axa fuel Israel’s war in Gaza – and the climate crisis. The UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine has also drawn attention to this. A new campaign called ‘No Allianz with Genocide’ aims…
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Activists storm headquarters of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit in Germany and damage property
At least five activists have stormed the German headquarters of Elbit Systems, damaging furniture and equipment. They are following the example of the British group “Palestine Action,” which has successfully weakened Israel’s largest arms manufacturer. On Monday, a at least…
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Philo-Semitism from Buchenwald: German KZ memorial categorises Kufiya and demand for ceasefire as anti-Semitic
An ‘internal’ handout from the Buchenwald Memorial wrongly categorises several Palestinian symbols as ‘anti-Israel’. The document was also sent to court presidents in German states. The German debate about allegedly anti-Semitic depictions in Palestine solidarity has taken another turn: Two…
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Red hands conspiracy: Decades-old protest symbolism is smeared to be anti-Semitic in Gaza context
Palestine solidarity groups in Germany allegedly use a well-known symbol to recall the lynching of Israeli soldiers. Experts vehemently contradict this narrative. To what end is it being spread? At the end of April, the Jewish Community of Frankfurt sharply…