In Berlin, a significant police operation involving nearly 1,000 officers blockaded the Palestine Congress before it even commenced, preventing 250 attendees from entering the venue located on Germaniastrasse in the Tempelhof neighborhood. The congress aimed to discuss Germany's role in the Gaza conflict but faced immediate obstruction, with authorities detaining notable figures such as Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian surgeon and newly elected rector of the University of Glasgow, citing his Palestinian identity as the reason for denial of entry. The police intervention escalated as they stormed the building, demanding a halt to the live broadcast and subsequently cutting power, effectively shutting down the event. This crackdown extended to the arrest of individuals outside the venue, including a German Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Peace, for anti-semitism, after displaying a sign protesting genocide with the words 'Jews against Genocide'. The German Interior Minister endorsed the police actions, framing the congress as spreading 'hatred against Jews' and dismissing it as 'Islamist propaganda,' despite the involvement of Jewish activists in its organization. The incident has sparked international outcry, with protests in London and widespread condemnation of Germany's silencing of dissent and perceived complicity in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, hours after Abu Sittah was installed as Rector and was forcibly prevented from participating.
Berlin police pulled the plug on a pro-Palestinian conference, attended by up to 250 people, on its first day after a livestream was shown of a person who is banned from political activity in Germany https://t.co/9jN2QjUbbw
Thousands are protesting at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, denouncing the German government's ban on the Palestinian Congress, which was supposed to discuss Israeli atrocities in Gaza. https://t.co/wkZW9ev1Rs
Thousands are protesting in Berlin, denouncing the German government's ban on the Palestinian Congress, which was supposed to discuss Israeli atrocities in Gaza. https://t.co/fdwhf90RUf
Police pull the plug on pro-Palestinian conference in Berlin https://t.co/SglHf71owE
German police brutally attack and disperse a protest against the cancellation of the Palestine congress in Berlin. https://t.co/uDcr3enkZu
German police brutally attack and disperse a protest against the cancellation of the Palestine congress in Berlin. This violent repression comes a day after the Palestine Congress was canceled, and Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta was refused entry into Germany to speak about Israel's… https://t.co/SBb0WhPhbU
Berlin police raided and cut off electricity to the Palestinian Congress conference before banning the three-day event. Organizers say Germany’s antidemocratic authoritarian response to Palestine activism is growing by the day. https://t.co/pcBFB4xNNC
A prominent British Palestinian doctor was said he was “forcibly prevented” from entering Germany on Friday, with the Palestinian solidarity conference he was due slated to speak at shut down by police who detained dozens of activists in the process. https://t.co/7hCNz8K8vN
Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian surgeon who spent weeks in Gaza treating victims of the war, has accused Germany of being an "accomplice to genocide" after he was refused entry to take part in a conference https://t.co/AV1m7u1OzN
A British Palestinian doctor scheduled to speak at a Palestinian solidarity conference that was later shut down said that German authorities “forcibly prevented” him from entering Germany, the Washington Post reported. https://t.co/jzbRvhvYXj
Police in Germany braced for spontaneous protests after they shut down a three-day conference of pro-Palestinian activists in Berlin. Authorities switched off power to the venue and later asked participants to leave the area just two hours into the event. https://t.co/9BtxyX5yzq
Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian doctor who has become known for his work in Gaza, explains how he was detained at an airport in Germany and subsequently denied entry. https://t.co/6G0mkngjYu
Prominent surgeon says he was denied entry to Germany for a pro-Palestinian conference https://t.co/ohXvsrX5DF
A British Palestinian doctor said he was “forcibly prevented” from entering Germany by German authorities on Friday, the Washington Post reported. He was scheduled to speak at a Palestinian solidarity conference in Berlin that was later shut down. https://t.co/jzbRvhvYXj
ICYMI: British-#Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta, who was recently elected rector of the University of Glasgow in Scotland, has been “forcibly prevented” from entering #Germany, he says in a post on X. https://t.co/luZyaxVb9n
“You are taking a Jewish person, and then you’re talking about antisemitism.”German police shut down a pro-Palestine conference on Friday, and arrested one of the organisers, Jewish activist Udi Raz. At least three people were arrested. https://t.co/fMr9OByByx
"Accomplices in a crime try to hide the evidence, and silence the witnesses." British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sittah, who has become known for his work in Gaza's hospital, spoke outside of the German embassy in London after being detained and deported from Germany while… https://t.co/ifplo5MqmB
German authorities denied a British Palestinian doctor entry into the country, and shut down the Berlin conference where he was slated to speak about his work in Gaza’s hospitals, detaining over a dozen attendees in the process. Follow live updates: https://t.co/iVN2616vUj
"The German government has forcibly prevented me from entering the country" - Ghassan Abu Sittah, British-Palestinian surgeon https://t.co/g8fl1wsdIM
ICYMI: British-#Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta, who was recently elected rector of the University of Glasgow in Scotland, has been “forcibly prevented” from entering #Germany, according to his post on X. https://t.co/luZyaxVb9n
German police cut the power and shut down a conference of pro-Palestinian activists on Friday after a banned speaker appeared by video link, organizers said. https://t.co/kawYZy1pH9
Police in Berlin interrupted and cancelled a pro-Palestine conference soon after it started, hours after one of the main speakers said authorities prevented him from entering Germany https://t.co/t043IUNlYn https://t.co/TmN7kZS0Q2
German storm troopers arresting Jews for protesting a holocaust in #Gaza. Not a good look. https://t.co/6ZR8hVatfS
German police stormed a conference on Palestine in Berlin, disrupting and cancelling it shortly after it began. This occurred hours after one of the main speakers, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, was detained at the airport and prevented from entering the country. https://t.co/e4A9YHEOj1
German storm troopers arresting Jews for protesting a genocide in #Gaza https://t.co/KYzHZIx2Gb
🚨🇩🇪ALMOST 1,000 BERLIN POLICE SHUT DOWN PRO-PALESTINE EVENT DUE TO KEY SPEAKER Around 250 attendees were left in limbo as police, deploying 930 officers, ended the "Palestine Congress." The event was shut down allegedly due to concerns about the key speaker, 79-year-old… https://t.co/hM8WO7Yjmu
German police arresting Jews for protesting the holocaust in #Gaza. https://t.co/tFYx54N0M3
Germany blocks Gaza war surgeon who hailed terrorist behind the murder of Israeli rabbi as a 'hero' from entering - with the University of Glasgow rector claiming he is being 'silenced' ahead of his talk in Berlin on Palestine https://t.co/cvqM11uamw https://t.co/LpNmYOm4kL
German police stormed a conference for Palestine in Berlin, cutting off electricity during their video stream of Nakba survivor Salman Abu Sitta and taking over the stage. Activists say police have made several arrests. https://t.co/ZeVnNyapEz
In an exclusive interview with Middle East Eye, Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian doctor who has become known for his work in Gaza, detailed how he was detained at an airport in Germany and subsequently denied entry. Abu Sittah wanted to attend a conference where he would… https://t.co/UTTgsWIXpO
Today, German authorities raided the Palestine Conference (@wirklagenan), an event co-sponsored by a broad coalition of organizations including PI member @DiEM_25. Some 2,000 Berlin police officers mobilized to block access to the building, disable the livestream, cut power to… https://t.co/C30P4WoGwM
The German police are arresting Jews for opposing genocide. https://t.co/lqy3w4VymX
British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah on Friday said Germany was "silencing a witness to genocide before the ICJ", which he said, "adds to Germany's complicity in the ongoing massacre" https://t.co/M1nfewTo7n
The German state is taking extraordinary measures to clamp down on pro-Palestinian activism, including arresting activists in their homes in the middle of the night. @hebh_jamal https://t.co/v9gewkVANv
German police arrest people outside the pro-Palestine Conference in Berlin, including anti-colonialism Jewish activists. https://t.co/7C1kfYTvmz https://t.co/b0UWJoRolP
The mayor of Berlin announced that local police had broken up a pro-Palestinian rally in the German capital: “We would like to thank the Berlin police for intervening in this hate incident, we have made it clear that hatred of Israel has no place in Berlin, and those who do not…
Chilling to see the German police arresting Jews again. Solidarity with Udi Raz and all who bravely speak up against occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine. The space to dissent from the German government’s support of Israel is shrinking fast. https://t.co/PRqcMLzual
Nothing to see here, just a German cop arresting a Jew for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/61RR1h77JZ
Germany today: A Jewish activist was arrested in Berlin for holding a “Jews against Genocide” banner outside the Palästina Kongress. https://t.co/cOmGHtTbjK
Germany blocks Glasgow University’s anti-Israel rector from entry https://t.co/DPSCbEUnnT
Germany’s interior minister publicly blesses the police crackdown on the Palestine Congress today while smearing it as an “Islamist propaganda” that spreads “hatred against the Jews.” What the minister conveniently forgets is that the event was co-organized by Jewish activists. https://t.co/uK6NKlIvQS
BREAKING: GERMAN POLICE STORM INTO ‘PALESTINE CONFERENCE’ CUTTING OF ELECTRICITY AND VIDEO FEED https://t.co/MDa0i3HY8A
The disgraceful actions of the German government have no limits. German police raided the 'Palestine Conference' and cut off the live broadcast of the speech by Palestinian Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, after preventing him from entering the country and participating in the conference. https://t.co/NkSCnaHxN6
The German government has banned Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta from entering the country to join a conference on the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. Abu Sitta served in Gaza during the first month of the genocide. He witnessed countless war… https://t.co/cIFc92whdv
🇩🇪🇮🇱🇵🇸 German police are shutting down the Palestine Congress. https://t.co/H0Yxcw4CBS
The speech that I could not deliver because German police burst into our Berlin venue to disband our Palestine Congress (1930s style). Judge for yourselves the kind of society Germany is becoming when its police bans the following words: Friends, Congratulations, and heartfelt… https://t.co/6Rnw2bwQPL
Only in Germany, the Berlin police bans a conference and prevents participants from speaking for the risk of allegedly making anti-Semitic statements (read: speaking up against Israel’s genocide). This goes beyond censorship, it’s thought policing. https://t.co/pPimeceqHx
The Berlin police is now banning the Palestine Congress. https://t.co/pPimeceqHx
Hours after he was installed as Glasgow University Rector, @GhassanAbuSitt1 was detained and denied entry to Germany, where he was due to give a firsthand account from Gaza. The @ProgIntl extends solidarity to Dr. Abu-Sittah and condemns this outrageous act by the German…
Hours after he was installed as Glasgow University Rector and without evidence of impropriety, @GhassanAbuSitt1 was detained and denied entry to Germany, where he was due to give a firsthand account from Gaza. The @ProgIntl extends solidarity to Dr. Abu-Sittah and condemns this…
Emergency protest in LONDON today in front of the German embassy for its deportation of @GhassanAbuSitt1 and attack on Palestine Congress conference: 🚨EMERGENCY PROTEST🚨 Dr Ghassan has been detained in Berlin, and the conferemce he was going to speak at has been stormed by… https://t.co/JhlVtdNKtI
Udi Raz, of the pro-Palestinian Jewish Voice for Peace, was arrested by German police. The reason for his arrest was his protest against Israel and his support for Palestine. In Germany, being against Israel and supporting Palestine is considered a crime. Why has the German… https://t.co/8VF2gZ1VTQ
Hundreds of German police blocked streets around the Palestine Conference in Berlin. Police erected barricades around the venue on Germaniastrasse in the Tempelhof neighbourhood. https://t.co/q7WAVpKfcm
German authorities has reportedly denied entry to doctor @GhassanAbuSitt1 to prevent him from participating in the Palestine Congress held in Berlin today. Meanwhile, the Berlin police forced shut the event while in session. Germany is going rabid. https://t.co/NBg2HiI8yD
The German police have stormed the building of the Palestine Congress and turned off the electricity supply. https://t.co/7C1kfYTvmz https://t.co/G8xQgLmm7Q
Berlin police just canceled the entire Palestine Congress. I was the only speaker that successfully finished a speech. Salman Abu Sitta was cut off after 1 minute. Our livestream ended and electricity cut off. This is Germany. https://t.co/07NUCpownv
German police hiding behind the excuse of "legal reviews of speeches" to explain away their storming of our conference where Jews, Palestinians and other peace activists were discussing universal human rights across Israel-Palestine. Fascism is alive and well in Germany. #b0412… https://t.co/iUf1SnGYdh
PALESTINE CONGRESS UPDATE: German police have stormed the stage of the congress and shut down the livestream. red. media is at the scene where 30-40 police officers entered the congress hall and demanded organizers stop filming. Our team reports that police have now shut off the… https://t.co/vjsbZBgDIk
British-#Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta, who was recently elected rector of the University of Glasgow in Scotland, has been “forcibly prevented” from entering #Germany, according to his post on X. https://t.co/luZyaxVb9n
Prominent British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah said authorities in Germany have detained him and are refusing him entry into the country. Abu Sittah was due to speak at a Palestinian conference in Berlin on Friday https://t.co/rN9G73kz3v
Police have interrupted the Palestine Congress in Berlin halfway through a video message by Ghassan Abu Sitta and now cut the power https://t.co/jTlw770TIj
I keep getting pushback on my claims that Germany has always remained an authoritarian case, well I rest my case, you can't organize a Palestine conference without police shutting it down. Obviously the IDW/Quillette thugs would be nodding along in quiet approval to this. https://t.co/NY4HUUcmac
BREAKING: German police stormed the building and are demanding we stop the livestream of the Palestine Conference. This is what democracy in Europe right now really looks like! #PalaestinaKongress https://t.co/02feN0Xogj
This is extraordinarily serious. A prominent doctor, rector of a British university, British citizen, prevented from entering Germany in violation of every law simply because he is Palestinian https://t.co/OGDMvpza3P
An outrage. Ghassan Abu Sitta is a British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon who witnessed the first month of the German-armed Israeli onslaught on Gaza. Now Germany has banned him from entering to stop him offering evidence of the crimes facilitated by the German state. https://t.co/FhF8scHWQW
Germany detains Gaza surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah and 'refuses him entry' https://t.co/VfGkG3rfMQ
Outside our Palestine Congress in Berlin, a German Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Peace has been arrested, for holding up a sign reading "Jews against Genocide", by German police for... anti-semitism. Police also prevented the Rector of Glasgow University from entering. https://t.co/IS493VMiJA
Almost a thousand German police were deployed to blockade the Palestine Congress in Berlin organised to highlight Germany's role in the Gaza gеnосide https://t.co/7CdFWHjPO4
NOW IN BERLIN: Hundreds of German police are blockading the Palestine Congress in Berlin before it has even started. Police have put up barricades around the congress venue in the Tempelhof neighborhood and are preventing people from entering. The congress has been organized by… https://t.co/K2WuKrx0zP