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Were they actually breaking any law or did the government just decide it wanted to give them a beating?
Maybe a hot take but if you are breaking the law, you should still not receive a beating.
I don't know the context of the video.
But yes, covering your face on a demonstration is illegal and can lead to up to 1 year in jail.
The German state is incredibly repressive against solidarity for Palestine.
Is it? We had many peaceful demonstrations.
When it got problematic was when people on demonstrations shoutet that they wanted a kalifat (don't know how to write the word) and "from the river ...", because Hamas and other people interpret it differently.
It's not only happening on protests. People get exmatriculated or their visas revoked if they go to the wrong protest camp or post the wrong things on facebook. You can also get your citizenship denied if you have the wrong opinions on Iserael, since the IHRA is official stance of the state.
I think, this is a quite biased (at least not accurate) representation of what is happening.
You can probably find single examples of all of that above, e.g. for exmatriculation, but when you dig deeper, there are probably hurdles for that:
Konkret soll exmatrikuliert werden können, wer Gewalt anwendet oder dazu auffordert, wer wegen einer Straftat „zulasten eines Mitglieds der Hochschule“ rechtskräftig verurteilt wurde, oder wer Einrichtungen der Hochschule zu strafbaren Handlungen „nutzt oder zu nutzen versucht“
You can also get your citizenship denied if you have the wrong opinions on Iserael, since the IHRA is official stance of the state.
This "stance of the state" thing is not law. There were for sure public discussions about denying citizenship for people who oppose democracy or the right of Israel to exist. But let me be honest: If someone opposes democracy or freedom or thinks that Israel or any other country should be fully destroyed, I don't need such a person in my country. But if your opinion is that Netanyahu is an a-hole and that his far-right government buddies only want more war and death, no one will do anything with your citizenship because of that.
You can probably find single examples of all of that above
Here's an interview of a student about how the state tries to break the protests.
Exmatriculation might be quite rare. But the Staatsschutz telling the BAMF to revoke visas, based on Facebook posts most certainly is not. It's just not the kind of things you're gonna read in the SZ, or Welt.
This "stance of the state" thing is not law.
Yes, because the German constitutional court wouldn't allow that kind of law. It is however a soft-power tool to shape political discourse in favour of Netanyahu.
There were for sure public discussions about denying citizenship for people who oppose democracy or the right of Israel to exist.
I findeyour faith in the organs of the state a bit naive.You can check out yourself how these decisions not to grant citizenship are carried out. If you ask me: most of the questions the judge uses to determine whether or not someone is "opposing democracy" wouldn't get a correct answer from most Germans.
We will maybe break up with usa but never with israel. Fucking shameful what germany of all places is endorsing.
As a state, it's easier to support Israel than to actually take some fucking responsibility.
Loving the irony of that fully armored Nazi police fuck pushing and punching an unarmed old woman on her face, front-and-center of this video.
are those flags for women's rights movement?
Well, someone wasn't at a protest today. /s
No those are palestinian flags
"Ah shit this is the wrong spot! The Palestine meetup is over there!"
Which city? BE is Berlin?
Berlin today. Source https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1898481083424890942
Authorities have banned Arabic chants and speeches at demonstrations
Has anyone taken this to court yet? Surely it would be unconstitutional?
You're underestimating how much freedom of speech is repressed in Germany when it comes to speech that critizises Israel.