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German court classifies Jewish Voice as “extremist”
The German organisation Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East (JV) may, for the time being, continue to be classified as “extremist” by Germany’s domestic intelligence service. This was decided by a court in Cologne last Wednesday. The organisation describes itself as anti-Zionist and is among the…
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Berlin’s Police Chief has links to evangelical Israel lobbyists
It is well known that Christian fundamentalists in the United States are among Israel’s most important supporters. It is also widely recognised that so-called evangelicals, thanks to generous donations from ultra-conservative benefactors, have become the fastest-growing religious community in the world. Their missionary work has been particularly successful in Latin…
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Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany
The internationally recognised Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide has issued severe criticism of Germany. In a statement dated 13th January 2026, it “condemns the persistent efforts by several high-profile German civil society organizations to deny the ongoing genocide in Gaza and to disseminate disinformation and denialist narratives among…
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Germany: Anti-Palestinian racism on the rise
In 2003, the Antidiskriminierungsnetzwerk Berlin (Anti-Discrimination Network Berlin, ADNB) was founded in the German capital. Since then, it has published annual reports documenting various forms of discrimination and what is referred to in Germany as group-focused enmity. In December, the network presented its 2023/24 Anti-Discrimination Report, concluding that racist hostility…
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Germany: Imprisoned ‘Palestine Action’ activists face harassment
For years, Palestine activists in Germany have looked to Britain with a sense of astonishment. The state that promised Palestine to Zionist settler colonialism in the 1917 Balfour Declaration is scarcely less pro-Israel than the Federal Republic of Germany, with its so-called Staatsräson (‘reason of state‘) that proclaims unconditional solidarity…
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German politicians and police on lobby trips to Israel
Several recent investigative reports in Germany’s alternative media have revealed that Israel has been stepping up efforts to invite German decision-makers in order to exert influence and initiate business deals. The focus is primarily on senior politicians and high-ranking officials within Germany’s security apparatus. Propaganda trips for politicians Mondoweiss and…
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Studies confirm: German media disseminate pro-Israel propaganda
Germany’s mainstream media report in a highly one-sided manner on what is commonly labelled the “Middle East conflict” – a German term that ultimately obscures the confrontation between the Zionist occupying power on one side and the peoples of West Asia, above all the Palestinians, on the other. This is…
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Germany: Free speech wins in court, arms deliveries stay untouchable
It seems that barely a week goes by without Germany’s anti-Palestinian repression being condemned – whether by international institutions and media or by German courts. In mid-October, UN experts criticised what they called the “apparent suppression of Palestine solidarity activism by Germany“. Shortly afterwards, international media reported that Germany had…
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Germany’s decision to take in donkeys from Gaza for treatment – but not children – has sparked outrage
The news reads like a dark joke—but it isn’t. “Rescued little Donkeys from Gaza Find a Home in Oppenheim,” reports Allgemeine Zeitung, a regional newspaper in western Germany. On Instagram, the comment section on the post was quickly disabled due to “numerous inappropriate and hateful comments”– likely criticism of Germany’s…
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On trial at The Hague: Germany accused of misleading the World Court
In April 2024, Nicaragua took Germany to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Berlin of “violating international law for decades” through large-scale arms sales to Israel and thereby upholding the illegal occupation and apartheid regime in Palestine. The immediate trigger for the case was the genocide…
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Growing international criticism of German anti-Palestinian repression
For several years now, the Palestine solidarity movement in Germany has faced severe repression. Yet after 7 October 2023, this harassment reached new levels: In the first weeks following the Gaza uprising and the beginning of the genocide, demonstrations were broadly banned in a number of German cities – especially…