In Berlin, a significant police operation took place involving the blockade and eventual shutdown of the Palestine Congress. German police surrounded the venue in the Tempelhof neighborhood, preventing entry and arresting attendees, including a German Jewish member of Jewish Voice for Peace, for anti-semitism, for holding a sign reading "Jews against Genocide". The police action escalated as they stormed the building, demanding an end to the livestream of the event and cutting power during a video message by Ghassan Abu Sitta. Despite these interruptions, Hebh Jamal was the only speaker who completed their speech before the congress was forcibly canceled, mentioning that Salman Abu Sitta was cut off after 1 minute. The mayor of Berlin later thanked the police for intervening in what was described as a 'hate incident', emphasizing the city's stance against hatred of Israel. Solidarity was expressed for Udi Raz and all speaking against occupation, apartheid, and genocide in Palestine.
The German police are arresting Jews for opposing genocide. https://t.co/lqy3w4VymX
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
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
🇩🇪🇮🇱🇵🇸 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
The Berlin police is now banning the Palestine Congress. https://t.co/pPimeceqHx
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
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
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
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
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
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