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Demonstrators on Saturday in Berlin
Photo: IMAGO/Emmanuele Contini / IMAGO/NurPhoto
Last weekend, demonstrators chanted anti-Semitic slogans at pro-Palestine rallies.
Out of fear of renewed incidents, the police have now banned a demonstration by Palestinian initiatives planned for this Friday in Berlin.
"Based on experiences from the recent past," there is "the immediate danger" of anti-Semitic exclamations, glorification of violence and acts of violence, the police said.
A “protest demonstration against Israeli aggression in Jerusalem” was registered for Friday afternoon.
The participants wanted to run from Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg to Hermannplatz in Neukölln.
Multiple arrests over the weekend
During similar demonstrations last Friday and Saturday, several hundred pro-Palestinian participants threw stones and firecrackers at police officers.
The police also spoke of anti-Semitic calls and inflammatory slogans.
A group of 40 young people was particularly aggressive.
In a video sequence from Hermannplatz, young men called out statements such as "Drecksjude".
Several demonstrators were arrested.
“We saw crimes, anti-Semitic exclamations and slogans of the worst kind during the demonstrations last weekend.
That is completely unacceptable," said Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Iris Spranger.
"If the assembly authority determines after a comprehensive overview that the requirements for a ban under the Berlin Freedom of Assembly Act are met, then I welcome and support that."
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