Fighting Anti-Palestinian Repression in Germany

Repression directed against Palestinian communities and activists and Palestine solidarity movements is on the rise in Germany – and so is the fightback.

Join us for a discussion on the repression targeting Palestine organizing in Germany as well as some of the successful campaigns against it, including the Radical Queer #YesBDS block, the Palastina Spricht campaign and the Rasmea Spricht organizing – and a short legal update.

  

 

Discuss escalating repression, including:
* the political ban imposed on Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat and the use of anti-Palestinian arguments to deny him a residency visa renewal
* the anti-BDS resolution passed by the Bundestag
* the political ban and stripping of the Schengen visitor visa targeting Rasmea Odeh, former Palestinian political prisoner and community leader
* the criminal prosecution of activists for interrupting an Israeli official speaker involved in the war on Gaza at Humboldt University
* the closure of the bank account of Jewish Voices for a Just Peace and other organizations in Germany
* the cancellation of performance invitations to American rapper Talib Kweli and Scottish rappers Young Fathers for their support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement
* the forced resignation of the director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin for tweeting a link to a statement against the Bundestag’s anti-BDS resolution written by Jewish scholars