2023-11-04 11:26:15
The Berlin Police warned this Saturday (11/04/2023) that they will not tolerate chants, slogans or banners that are anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli or that advocate violence or terrorism, prior to the pro-Palestinian demonstration announced for this followingnoon in the German capital.
The Police estimate that several thousand people will join the demonstration, called by various pro-Palestinian groups, and fear the presence of some “violent individuals or small groups”, as well as far-left groups that “have also mobilized” for the protest. , but is confident that the majority of participants will make an effort “to maintain peaceful meetings.”
The demonstration will take place from Alexanderplatz to Potsdamer Platz in the city center under the motto “Defending basic democratic rights: freedom of expression also for Palestinians.”
The authorities of the German capital have imposed conditions for the authorization of these marches citing repeated incidents and demonstrations of support for Hamas, a Palestinian militant group banned in Germany and considered a terrorist organization.
Image of the pro-Palestinian march held last night in Essen.Image: Christoph Reichwein/dpa/picture alliance
Demonstrations also in other German cities
In Berlin, many demonstrations have been completely banned. Berlin police chief of operations Stephan Klatte said today that anyone who denies Israel’s right to exist is committing a crime that will be punished immediately: “The repeated commission of these types of crimes can lead to the dissolution of a demonstration at a very early stage,” Klatte told dpa.
The Essen Police, at the other end of the country, are today analyzing the images of the demonstration that brought together some three thousand people last night in the Rhineland city, following some participants carried banners with Islamist slogans, some of which supposedly openly called for the establishment of a caliphate, and Islamic State flags.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that there were no arrests at the scene, but that graphic material is being checked to detect possible crimes. Police yesterday described the demonstration as “very noisy, very emotional, but peaceful.” In another demonstration in Frankfurt there were arrests. (dpa/afp/lgc)
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