German authorities carried out searches this Thursday morning in four different regions of Germany, with the aim of finding members and supporters of the Palestinian organizations Hamas and Samidounbanned in the country, reported the Ministry of the Interior.
“We continue our constant action against radical Islamists. By banning Hamas and Samidoun in Germany, we have sent a clear signal that we do not tolerate any apology or support for Hamas’ barbaric terror against Israel,” said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. in a press release.
According to the authorities, 15 properties were searched in the morning by order of the administrative courts.
On November 2, the minister banned the activities of Hamas and the pro-Palestinian Samidoun network in Germany.
Hamas has around 450 members in Germanyaccording to official data, highlighting that its activities range from “expressions of sympathy, propaganda and even fundraising or donation activities” to “strengthen the central organization abroad.”
Regarding Samidoun, it is said that this network “defends the use of violence as a means to assert political interests and denies Israel’s right to exist.”
The 2nd of November, Germany banned activities on its territory linked to Hamasparticularly those of an association whose members expressed support for the attacks of this Islamist group against Israel.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced the move, stating that Hamas aims to “destroy the State of Israel.”
On October 12, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had anticipated that the Interior Ministry “ban Hamas activity in Germany”, in reference to an association close to him, Samidoun, “whose members celebrate the most brutal terrorist acts”.
Samidoun is an organization “that carries out anti-Israel and anti-Jewish propaganda under the pretext of being an association of solidarity with prisoners,” added the Minister of the Interior, to justify its ban, adding that this movement “supported and glorified several foreign terrorist organizations.” .
Germany registered hundreds of crimes related to the war between Israel and Hamas since the beginning of the conflict, including a series of anti-Semitic incidentsspecifically the launch of two Molotov cocktails against a synagogue In Berlin.
Source: TSF
