This Saturday, the Berlin police banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Sunday in the German capital under the slogan “Peace in the Middle East”, considering that there is a danger of anti-Semitic incitement, and any substitute act until October 30.
“After evaluating all circumstances and conclusions and weighing all interests, in particular the fundamental right to freedom of assembly, the Berlin police prohibit” the demonstration planned for Sunday between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. [13h00 e 17h00 em Lisboa] in Potsdamer Square and the celebration of “any other substitute event” in Berlin until October 30, indicates a statement from the authorities.
The Berlin police specified that the decision was made “based on the experiences of recent years and also the recent past, on new conclusions and on the preparation of an analysis” by the competent authorities in the context of the recent conflict in the East. Middle between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas.
According to this assessment, “there is an imminent danger” that during the demonstration “proclamations of incitement to hatred and anti-Semitic glorification of violence” will be recorded and the desire to use “intimidation and violent acts” will be transmitted.
The Berlin police thus maintain their strategy of banning pro-Palestinian demonstrations, after announcing on Friday the ban on two protests planned for today in the city center.
Despite the bans, in recent days pro-Palestinian meetings have been held and episodes of violence have been reported in Berlin, resulting in numerous arrests and the sending of some 900 agents to guarantee security.
This Saturday, the police confirmed their presence in the city center to monitor compliance with the ban on demonstrations.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations are planned in several German cities this weekend and some are already taking place today – some authorized and others not -, with no major incidents reported until late in the afternoon, according to media reports.
In Dusseldorf, in western Germany, about 5,500 people gathered in the early afternoon, according to police estimates, while in Hamburg (north), where demonstrations were also banned until Sunday, security forces dispersed an unauthorized protest.
The Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7 with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen, taking two hundred hostages.
In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, a movement that has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and is classified as terrorist by the European Union and the United States, bombing several of the group’s infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and imposing a total siege. to the territory with water, fuel and electricity supply cuts.
The conflict has already caused thousands of deaths and injuries, between soldiers and civilians, in both territories.
Source: TSF
