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| Germany set to ban Hamas flag amid rise in antisemitic attacks — report |
| 2021-06-21 |
| [IsraelTimes] Spokesman for Merkel’s party says prohibition on terror group’s symbol would be a ’clear signal to our Jewish citizens’. The German government has agreed to ban the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, flag following a rise in the number of antisemitic incidents surrounding the recent conflict between Israel and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... terror groups, a report said Sunday. According to the Deutsche Welle news agency, citing the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, the decision was made in response to a number of incidents at anti-Israel protests last month. Hamas is one of several Paleostinian groups listed by the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... as terrorist entities. The plan to ban the terror group’s flag was originally proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists... ’s Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), the report said. "We do not want the flags of terrorist organizations to be waved on German soil," Thorsten Frei, the deputy parliamentary front man for the CDU, reportedly said, adding that the ban was a "clear signal to our Jewish citizens." The center-left Social Democratic Party, a coalition partner to Merkel’s party, had initially raised constitutional concerns about the potential ban on the flag, but later gave its backing to the proposal. Several German cities saw pro-Paleostinian demonstrations during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas last month, prompting Merkel to issue a call for calm. Some participants at marches in towns across Germany shouted antisemitic slogans, which Merkel blasted as "unacceptable." Others burned Israeli flags and in one case stoned the entrance to a synagogue. Germany’s Central Council of Jews, which represents about 200,000 Jews living in the country, called for stepped-up protection for Jewish institutions in the country. Data released last month showed antisemitic crimes rose by more than 15 percent in Germany in 2020. A ban on Hamas flags would not be the first action of its kind by Germany. Last year, Berlin officially announced that it had outlawed activities by the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah. Since there is no formal German branch of Hezbollah, Berlin could not outlaw the organization as such, so instead undertook to ban the terror group’s activities. The policy prohibits the showing of Hezbollah signs and symbols in public, including "in an assembly or in print, audio or visual media, pictures or portrayals." |
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