KEY ACTORS OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN GERMANY AS A FOLLOW- UP OF THE ATTACK OF HAMAS ON ISRAEL IN 2023. SITUATION ANALYSIS
KEY ACTORS OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN GERMANY AS A FOLLOW- UP OF THE ATTACK OF HAMAS ON ISRAEL IN 2023. SITUATION ANALYSIS
Author(s): Sławomir OzdykSubject(s): Security and defense, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Hamas; Islamic religious gathering; Middle East; demonstrations; radical Palestinian groups; Palestinian refugees; Jews in Germany;
Summary/Abstract: In German cities thousands of people take to the streets, demanding a ceasefire in the Middle East. Despite the police warnings of delegalizing gatherings in case of law breach, the Holocaust is regularly relativized and hatred – regularly incited. During demonstrations, posters with the slogans, e.g., “Stop genocide in Gaza”, “From the river to the sea, we demand equality”, “Israel. A terror sate” or “Culture of the apartheid” are shown. The demonstrations are called by various pro-Palestinian groups with the co-participation of the German far-left political spectrum. During the gatherings we also face appeals for the establishment of the Islamic caliphate in Germany. In some cases, “being pro-Palestinian” is only an excuse to hold a strictly “Islamic religious gathering”, which is seen, e.g., from the fact that, during the marches, a strict sex segregation is obeyed, including the placement of women with children at the end of the protesters’ column.
Journal: Reality of Politics. Estimates - Comments - Forecasts
- Issue Year: 26/2023
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 76-88
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English