Thread by @bookdellector

Today in Berlin, the only publ. event commemorating the Nakba took place. All others - organized mostly by Palestinians were preemptively barred by City/Police. This one was organized by pro-Palestinian Jewish Activists among them descendants of Holocaust survivors. I shouldn’t >

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have to point this out because Palestinians shouldn’t have to rely on other - any! - group to lend authority/space/voice to commemorate their own & ongoing ethnic cleansing, the wanton destruction of their history/society spanning millennia by European settlers. Here in Germany >

however this is the case. Palestinians aren’t afforded any space by the state, their rights to congregate are systematically undermined due to a misunderstood sense of responsibility & guilt. From the beginning, the rather small demonstration faced intense Police intimidation. >

From a little distance, you wouldn’t even be able to tell something was going on because Police riot cars had encircled the square almost fully. After a short while, Police ended the demonstration under flimsy pretense. Police (who almost outnumbered demonstrators) then swarmed >

the square disrupting/dispersing the assembly that had consistently been peaceful. Then Police began arresting both participants & demonstrators at random adding to the repressive climate for anyone standing in solidarity with Palestinians. 🇩🇪 is neither safe for Palestinians nor

anyone standing in solidarity with them - even descendants of Holocaust survivors, which clearly elucidates the ideological cul-de-sac Germany inhabits.

#FreePalestine
#Nakba75
🤲🏽✌🏽🇵🇸✌🏽🤲🏽

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Update:

https://twitter.com/hahauenstein/status/1659963288325586952