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A pro-Palestine demonstration in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin, October 28, 2023.

Germany moves to deport four foreign residents for pro-Palestine activism

The four slated for deportation have not been convicted of any crime but are alleged to have participated in protests against Israel's assault on Gaza.

By Hanno Hauenstein April 1, 2025

Rosa Luxemburg addressing a crowd during the International Socialist Congress, in Stuttgart, 1907. (Wikimedia Commons)

What a 20th-century revolutionary can teach us about resisting genocide today

Over a century after Rosa Luxemburg was assassinated for opposing German militarism, her spirit lives on through those disrupting Israel’s war machine.

By Dana Mills January 27, 2025

The Axel Springer office building which houses Bild, Berlin. (Fred Romero/CC BY 2.0)

Bild published pro-Netanyahu disinformation. Where is the outcry?

The role of Germany’s largest newspaper in the ‘Bibileaks’ scandal highlights the need for a broader reckoning on Israel-Palestine in German media.

By Hanno Hauenstein January 7, 2025

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A Palestine solidarity demonstration in the Potsdamer Platz area, Berlin, October 15, 2023. The police suppressed the demonstration shortly after authorizing it.

The spiraling absurdity of Germany’s pro-Israel fanaticism

As repression of Palestine solidarity penetrates every sector of life, the state's liberal self-image is fast becoming a story Germans can only tell themselves.

By Michael Sappir March 21, 2024

Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham holding the Best Documentary Award for their film 'No Other Land' at the Berlinale film festival, February 24, 2024 (Ali Ghandtschi/Berlinale 2024)

+972 and Local Call stand with colleagues Basel and Yuval

The attacks on Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham illustrate the repressive forces working to silence those who speak hard truths about Israeli apartheid.

By +972 Magazine February 28, 2024

Israeli soldiers from the 8717 Battalion of the Givati Brigade operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s right to tyranny

In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.

By Amjad Iraqi January 17, 2024

Zaid Abdulnasser, a Palestinian refugee from Syria living in Berlin, and activist with Samidoun, October 1, 2023. (Courtesy)

Germany to strip Palestinian refugee’s status over his activism

Echoing dubious Israeli claims against his advocacy group, Germany could force Zaid Abdulnasser into a legal limbo faced by thousands of Palestinians.

By Hebh Jamal October 2, 2023

Campaign by Amnesty International and Mentalgassi on 'Making the invisible visible,' with the German poster reading 'Your letter can save lives,' Berlin, Germany, December 9, 2011. (Steffi Reichert/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Amnesty is fighting to end Israeli apartheid. Why isn’t its German branch?

From social media to public activities, Amnesty Deutschland has largely avoided promoting its parent organization's campaign for Palestinian rights.

By Hebh Jamal July 31, 2023

Protest against the German Bundestag’s resolution against the Palestinian-led BDS Movement, Berlin, 2019. (Palästina Spricht archives)

IHRA definition is silencing Palestine advocacy across Europe, says report

A European legal center details how the IHRA antisemitism definition has been given 'authoritative power' to target Israel critics in several countries.

By Hebh Jamal June 7, 2023

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly government conference, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City, May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Avoiding an Israeli fascist isn’t the brave move the EU thinks it is

Cancelling an event with Ben Gvir does not make up for a history of European interests that give Israel the green light to carry on with its illegal policies.

By Eitay Mack May 22, 2023

Berlin police arrest a Palestinian protester during a Nakba Day flash mob, after banning all commemorations of the day in the city, May 1, 2022. (@thequestionislysh)

Where can we Palestinians mourn our catastrophe?

By banning our ability to mourn the Nakba, Germany is opening the floodgates to a new wave of repression against all aspects of Palestinian identity.

By Hebh Jamal May 18, 2023

Berlin police observe a Palestinian protest in Berlin, April 11, 2023. (Courtesy Samidoun)

‘Everyone should be alarmed’: Berlin police ban Palestinian demo for prisoners

A year after police in the German capital banned all Nakba Day protests, Palestinian activists have again been barred from assembling.

By Hebh Jamal May 4, 2023

Hundreds of Palestinians and supporters protest in front of the U.S. embassy against President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2017. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews

Anti-Zionist Jews in Germany are increasingly being targeted with accusations of antisemitism, a charge usually directed at Palestinians.

By Hebh Jamal April 4, 2023