Berlin police are investigating a pro-Paleostinian rally where demonstrators allegedly chanted "Death to the Jews" and "Death to Israel," phrases that if verified could be criminal offenses under Germany’s strict post-World War II hate speech laws.
Hundreds of people showed up in the Kreuzberg and Neukölln neighborhoods on Saturday at a rally organized in response to the police festivities with Moslem worshipers at the Temple Mount and al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem last week.
In video captured by a watchdog called Democ, many were also shown praising Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",, the terrorist group that rules the 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...
Strip.
Some additionally chanted "Tel Aviv, the answer will come."
In the aftermath, authorities have launched investigations into incitement of hate and have been scouring videos of the event. Iris Spranger, the Berlin city government’s interior senator, condemned the antisemitic statements in a tweet on Monday, writing "Hate has no place in our society."
"The rule of law must be applied consistently," said Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, in remarks to the Jewish community newspaper Judische Allgemeine.
The non-partisan Jewish Values Initiative group called on the Berlin police and interior ministry to explain why they allowed the march to continue despite the antisemitic slogans, and why there were no arrests on site. Elio Adler, head of the group, said the police’s failure to make arrests has done "immense damage."
Israeli police clashed with Ramadan worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque last week, removing them with force after they barricaded themselves inside with improvised weaponry. In the days after, rockets were fired at Israel from Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers..., Syria and the Gaza Strip, and two terror attacks left three Israelis dead.
The German-Israel Society and the Jewish Values Initiative have also now demanded that authorities consider a federal ban on the Samidoun association, which advocates for the release of Paleostinian prisoners. Observers said the group was involved in organizing the demonstration.
"We have long been pushing for a ban on this supposed ’aid organization,’" Adler said in a statement.
"The several hundred demonstrators don’t represent all Moslems in Germany," he emphasized. "But their behavior is hardly unusual; and one hears far too little criticism of this hate from within their own community."
Manuel Ostermann, German police’s union deputy chairman, called the demonstration "the very image of shame."
For the third year in a row, Berlin authorities have banned the al-Quds Day march, a demonstration that protests the formation of Israel. Organizers had applied for a permit for some 2,000 participants to demonstrate next weekend in Berlin.
Israeli flag burned; fireworks, rocks thrown at fans at basketball game in Greece
[IsraelTimes] A basketball game between Hapoel Jerusalem and AEK Athens Wednesday in the Greek capital descended into chaos when local fans burned an Israeli flag, launched fireworks and threw rocks at Israeli fans.
Basketball yobs being as vicious as soccer yobs? I suppose they should be congratulated on a foolish consistency...
Images showed a banner hung on the stands with the text “The capital of Palestine is Jerusalem,” referencing the historic dispute between Israel and the Palestinians over the holy city.An official from Hapoel Jerusalem told Channel 12 news that some fans were lightly injured during the incident. The game was paused briefly due to the fireworks, and police did not allow fans to leave the arena.
“There is unprecedented chaos and a failure of security here,” the official said.
Fans said they were intimidated by the officers, who were aggressive toward them. Some of those in attendance told the Kan public broadcaster that police made no effort to arrest the rioters.
“From the start of the game there was a very hostile atmosphere against the Israelis,” Tal Hakim told Kan. He added there were “many Palestinian and Hezbollah flags and attempts to enter our stand and set the Israeli flag on fire.”
“A quarter of an hour after the game started, they began to throw bricks and rocks at us, and even injured some fans. We were confined to a small area to not get hurt. A quarter of an hour after that, they began to launch fireworks at us and burned the clothes of one of the fans.
“Everyone was waiting for the game to end so they could get home in one piece,” he said.
The game, the second in a FIBA Champions League quarterfinal series, ended in a 94-78 AEK victory.
The Israeli team said in a statement that it considered the incident “terrorism in every sense of the word.”
“We explored options to remove Israeli fans at halftime, but Greeks surrounded them and there were fears of a violent pogrom. The team won’t ignore these events and a complaint will be filed to FIBA,” it said in a statement.