German police have used excessive force against protesters, with the latest developments including children being arrested and women facing sexual violence
The German state’s show of support has led to an outright banning of most pro-Palestine protests. […]
The reasons for the bans seemed unambiguous: German police said that there was an “imminent danger” that the assemblies will result in “inciting, anti-Semitic slogans,” as well as “glorification of violence.”
Preemptively. Because antisemitism and “glorification of violence” might occur. And by antisemitism they mean things like this:
On October 13, Berlin police declared uttering the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” forbidden and indictable. That same day, Berlin’s education senator, Katharina Günther-Wünsch, sent a letter to all Berlin school principals offering them the option to ban students from wearing “pro-Palestinian symbols such as the keffiyeh.” “Any act or expression of opinion that can be understood as advocacy or approval of the attacks against Israel,” she wrote, “constitutes a threat to school peace and is prohibited.”
Check again what the parent poster said:
Which is what I replied to, and which is clearly not true, they ban nonviolent protests all the time.
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Tons. This on is from Oct 30 in The Nation:
Preemptively. Because antisemitism and “glorification of violence” might occur. And by antisemitism they mean things like this: