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A demo against the boycott movement BDS (archive picture from 2019)
Photo: Swen Pförtner / dpa
Supporters of the BDS boycott campaign directed against Israel have tried to have a motion by the Bundestag to ban the movement annulled.
The Berlin Administrative Court negotiated the lawsuit brought by two men and one woman who believe that their fundamental rights have been violated.
BDS stands for »Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions« and is directed against Israeli goods and cooperation in culture and science, among other things.
The aim is to end the occupation of the territories conquered by Israel in 1967 and to give Palestinians more rights.
Condemnation of the BDS campaign
The Bundestag had condemned the movement in the resolution of May 17, 2019.
Their argumentation patterns and methods are anti-Semitic.
The parliamentary majority welcomed the fact that municipalities refuse supporters of BDS space and support and decided to do this themselves.
The CDU / CSU, SPD, FDP and large parts of the Greens voted in favor of the motion.
"The Bundestag thus resolutely opposes any form of anti-Semitism as it emerges and condemns the BDS campaign and the call for a boycott," said the decision.
The plaintiffs see their freedom of expression and assembly restricted.
They justified their complaint with the fact that they had been denied public appearances several times since the Bundestag resolution.
Some of them were verbally attacked and insulted as anti-Semitic.
The first part of the negotiation was whether the administrative court had jurisdiction at all and whether the action against the Bundestag resolution was admissible.
According to the Scientific Service of the Bundestag, the decision was "a political expression of opinion in the context of a controversial debate" without legal effect.
It was initially unclear whether the court would make a decision on Thursday.
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