Cheers erupt at a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin after an Iranian rocket attack on Israel. “Rockets fired at Israel,” one shouted, followed by scores of demonstrators banging drums, cheering and at times clapping.
Cries of “resistance” and “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) were also heard. Many participants in the rally wore Palestinian scarves and waved Palestinian and Lebanese flags, as seen on video by a DPA reporter. A spokesman for the Berlin police said it “could neither confirm nor deny”.
“Forbidden shouts” at a demonstration in Berlin-Neukölln.
At the demonstration on Tuesday evening at the Göteborger Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg, “prohibitive shouts were heard as the slogans were read,” Berlin police told X. “Our operations management asked the meeting chairman to influence the participants.”
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Banned slogans were raised again shortly. “Since the leader of the meeting had no influence over the participants and was threatened with dispersal by the police, he ended the meeting using our loudspeaker truck,” police said.
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Two pro-Palestinian demonstrations were planned for Tuesday evening in Berlin, one at the wedding in Leopoldplatz and one at the Göteborg Tor in Kreuzberg. Seven criminal cases were registered during the protest. A police spokesman said this morning that investigations were underway into charges of inciting hatred, insulting and resisting law enforcement officers. A female police officer was hit on the head by an object but remained on duty. According to the information, there were four measures that restricted freedom.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they fired nearly 200 rockets at Israel. It said the attack was in retaliation for the killings of Hamas’s foreign chief, Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah’s secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, and an Iranian general. According to the military, some of the projectiles hit the center of Israel and other locations.
The campaign for these terrorists may continue. In my opinion, clear stop signs are needed here.
Union Home Minister Nancy Facer (SPD)
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Fasser was stunned by the joyous scenes in Berlin. This makes her vulnerable and angry, the SPD politician said. He recalled that in Germany any activities for the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah are prohibited. “So any support is a criminal offence. The campaign for these terrorists may continue. In my opinion, clear stop signs are needed here, this applies on the street and on the Internet, which is why the authorities are trying to quickly remove the Islamic terrorist propaganda.
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Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) also condemned the demonstrations on Tuesday evening. He told X News Service that he was horrified by last night’s footage of Kreuzberg and the wedding. “Anyone who encourages attacks by terrorist organizations and terrorist states in our city will feel a clear response from the rule of law,” he continued. What exactly this should look like is revealed in his statement. He lauded the police for “acting judiciously and consistently”.
Interior Senator: “Police have my full support”
Home Affairs Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) also criticized the demos: “Hate and agitation are being shown here that have no place in our city. “We will not tolerate freedom of assembly being abused for criminal offenses,” he told Tagesspiegel. The police acted with the necessary determination. “She has my full support and will continue to take action against anti-Semitic statements and crimes in the future,” Sprenger said.
Peter Langer, general secretary of the FDP in Berlin, also had clear words about Tuesday evening’s events. He said the capital was a “mecca for terrorist sympathizers”. He followed up his statement with a direct request to the Berlin Senate: “We call on the Black and Red Alliance to take action against these developments with all legal consistency. This includes using the opportunity created by the traffic light government to deny naturalization to non-citizen anti-Semites and expel them from the country,” Langer said. said.
A year ago, pro-Palestinian demonstrators and left-wing groups celebrated the killing of the terrorist organization Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023. More than 1,200 people celebrated the day by offering sweets in Sohnanelli where members of the now-banned “Sammytown” celebrated the day. People were killed in their own statements as a “celebration of the victory of the resistance”. (teaspoon, dba)
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