The images of hundreds of masked and heavily armed police invading the apartments of Palestinian students, #workers and #refugees in Germany today appears as an imitation of the daily invasions of the Israeli occupation forces in Palestinian homes in occupied Palestine, as well as a disturbing echo of Germany’s own Nazi #fascist history. And as #Palestinians in occupied #Palestine have never stopped struggling despite over 75 years of #Zionist occupation and 100 years of colonialism, these attacks will not silence the growing movement in #Germany and every other imperialist power involved in attacking Palestine, as new generations refuse their involvement and complicity in #genocide. https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2023/11/24/statement-by-samidoun-palestinian-prisoner-solidarity-network-on-the-23-november-2023-raids-in-germany/

#Germany is becoming a #police state when it comes to #Palestine #activism.
"At 6 a.m. on March 22, pro-#Palestinian activists Said and Yasemin, who were asleep in their respective Berlin homes, were awakened by armed and masked police officers who broke down their doors at the same time."
"This is not the first time Berlin police raided people’s homes over social media posts. Earlier this month, police knocked down the door of a middle-aged woman who wrote “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free” on her social media and arrested her. She was charged with “using the symbols of unconstitutional organizations,” Berlin police said in a statement."
"In #Berlin most recently, the state and the media have tried their best to shut down the Palestine Congress, a gathering of international scholars, activists, and journalists. "
"A Palestinian friend of mine, Mahmoud, is currently being targeted by the state of Karlsruhe for saying the following during a protest: “Palestine is for all people, from the river to the sea, regardless of their denomination or religion.” That was enough for the state to say he had committed a hate crime by questioning Israel’s right to exist. He is being forced to pay 7,500 euros in fines. "
This is extremely DANGEROUS.
#AntiFascism
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/germany-is-becoming-a-police-state-when-it-comes-to-palestine-activism/

#Glasgow University rector 'forcibly prevented' from entering #Germany
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a British-Palestinian medic, has claimed he was invited to give a conference in #Berlin about his work as a surgeon in #Gaza but was denied entry to the country.
#gazagenocide #complicedegenocide #complicity
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24250169.glasgow-university-rector-forcibly-prevented-entering-germany/

#Germany 's federal intelligence agency classified the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (#BDS) movement as a suspected extremist organization this week.

This new designation will allow German authorities to monitor BDS activists and recruit informants within the organization.

#Israel has also poured tens of millions of shekels into combating BDS. Germany has now become the latest country to join what is commonly known as "the anti-BDS movement."

(And for the last they left the most racist, anti-muslim, fascist, aspect of the decision)

According to BfV president, Thomas Haldenwang, who contributed to the report, Germany experienced a 67.4% increase in politically and ideologically motivated crimes in the past year, with most offenders linked to Islamist ideologies, a threat that has intensified since October 7.
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2024-06-20/ty-article/.premium/germany-designates-bds-as-suspected-extremist-group-citing-antisemitism-concerns/00000190-361d-d700-a7f0-bfffd7250000

#zioNaZis #zionism #fascism #nazism
#PalestineSolidarity #Solidarity #Palestine

The new Jews for the German state are the arabs. Especially those who struggle for "never again". Totalitarian state at its best in the video.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CGHfIP7XcnM

"Qantara portal, which publishes content in English, German and Arabic, operated successfully for more than 20 years, seemingly with no editorial guidance from the German government. This changed, however, when it began publishing content critical of German debates on anti-Semitism in the context of the #Gaza #genocide. Earlier this year, it was announced that Qantara would be restructured, and its management would be transferred from Deutsche Welle to the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – IFA), which is affiliated to and funded by the Federal Foreign Office.
...German Foreign Minister Annalena #Baerbock suggesting in an interview that concerns about content published by Qantara, particularly content on anti-Semitism, were a factor in the decision.
...With this one article, published under the editorial control of a Foreign Office-affiliated institute, the #German government burned its “bridge” to the Islamic world."
#germany #germancomplicity #racism #antimuslimischerrassismus #StateRacism #antisemitismus #warmongers #warcrimes
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/8/29/how-germany-burned-its-bridge-to-the-islamic-world

What’s behind #Germany’s raging #Islamophobia?
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/9/18/whats-behind-germanys-raging-islamophobia
"The historical parallel here is hard to miss: far-right forces are rising, as a racist hysteria targeting one racialised group of people spreads through the German state and society. History may not repeat itself fully. Mass extermination may be replaced by mass expulsion as the far-right concept of “remigration” is quickly gaining ground; it has long left the far-right fringe to become increasingly more mainstream."
#racism #racialprofiling #RacialCapitalism #farright #fascism

"On 27 January last year, we were in #Berlin at a large demonstration in #solidarity with #Palestine. During the demonstration, our comrade was suddenly pulled out by the cops, put into a car without warning or communication and driven away. The reason: his Palestine flag had a fist in Palestine colours on it (see picture). That really shouldn’t be anything surprising at a Palestine demonstration. However, the police and the public prosecutor’s office claim that the fist looks “confusingly similar44 to the logo of the #Samidoun youth movement Hirak." #Germany #repression #zionism #zionazis #germancomplicity
https://pixelfed.de/p/anarchists4palestine_A4P/799557362566333418

Have a look at how German police actually forced its entry into a public event where #FrancescaAlbanese, the #UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, presented her view on the horrendous situation in #Gaza and #WestBank

The whole meeting had to proceed under the eyes of the police observing who was present and listening whether specific expressions could be used to criminalize the Palestinian #solidarity movement once more.

Living in a police state seems to be the fitting term for a situation in which the armed police of the state executive intimidates not only the audience but the international visitor who represents the United Nations that were founded after WW2 to make it impossible that such kinds of authoritarian repression like in Nazi #Germany would ever happen again.
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/494289.repression-gegen-pal%C3%A4stina-bewegung-polizei-in-der-jungen-welt.html
Via @dhayannada
#repression #palestine #germancomplicityingenocide

The #German federal ministry has dismissed a lawyer in #Berlin due to her opposition to the Israeli assault on #Gaza.

Lawyer Melanie Schweizer posted a video on X stating: “Yesterday I got fired as a civil servant working at the Federal Ministry in #Germany. Why? In a nutshell because I was speaking out against the genocide in #Palestine committed by #Israel, against the German support thereof, against the violence and crimes happening there.”
She called on supporters of Gaza to make their stance clear and “keep speaking up, keep using your voice, losing your job is not the worst that can happen to you, losing your life is. Losing your #freedom right is.”
via @EndIsraeliApartheid
#germanComplicity #repression #HumanRights #fascism #FascismRising @GermanyUN https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250304-german-ministry-dismisses-lawyer-for-supporting-gaza-rejecting-genocide/

German police yesterday violently broke up an International Women's Day march in support of #Palestine and #solidarity with Palestinian #women who continue to struggle under Israeli occupation.

Last year, #AmnestyInternational sharply criticized the #Berlin police for using excessive force against demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin.
#8M #8M2025 #InternationalWomen #Staterepression #germancomplicity #racism #Germany
via @EndIsraeliApartheid
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250309-german-police-crack-down-on-pro-palestine-international-womens-day-march/

Linking arms is not a good tactic against this. Shields, fireworks, and thrown projectiles is what works.

During the 2020 Uprising the cops generally avoided fighting shield wall to shield wall.

Problem is the need to know in advance the cops will attack, or else having to militarize every protest for defense.