Holding massive anti-war demonstrations in Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting Spiegel weekly, in many German cities, people demonstrated in peace demonstrations against the war in Ukraine and Israel. Participants strongly criticized the policies of the German federal government.

According to this report, thousands of people took part in the traditional Easter marches in Germany to end arms deliveries. They protested in Ukraine. Traditional Easter processions were held in many cities and communities. The Peace and Future Workshop in Frankfurt am Main, which runs an information center on the Easter marches, said participation in more than 100 events “was good, even more in some cities.”

The Easter March Information Center announced on Monday that more than 120 different actions were held, including marches, peace services, bicycle demonstrations and marches, the largest gathering of the day, according to the Peace Cooperative Network. It took place in Berlin on Saturday. Up to 3,500 people gathered there, according to police. Around 1,500 people protested in Stuttgart, 850 in Munich and 400 in Cologne.

Willie Van Oyen, the spokesperson of the Easter Marches Information Center, explained about this: In numerous speeches, the classic themes of the peace movement such as the abolition of nuclear weapons, de-escalation through diplomacy instead of handing over weapons and Disarmament was proposed instead of rearmament. According to him, the main demands of the German federal government were to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine through diplomatic initiatives and to stop arms deliveries to Ukraine and Israel. Willy van Oyen also said: “German politics is responsible for the murders all over the world. That is why our resistance to war and to peace will continue.” Global problems have become. The peace movement should not allow this issue to continue like this.

The participants in these rallies also expressed their solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip with Palestinian flags. There was a lot of solidarity with Ukraine at the demonstrations, but sometimes there were also Russian flags and anti-NATO signs. The organizers of the Easter marches are encouraged by the popularity of the demonstrations in their call for diplomacy instead of handing over weapons. From Ukraine, he will continue to defend his country against Russia. German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said that Germany will support Ukraine’s struggle for a just peace as long as necessary. In his weekly video message, he mentioned the conditions of peace according to self-righteousness and said: Peace without freedom means oppression. There is no peace without justice.

“Robert Haubeck”, the vice chancellor of Germany also believes that considering Russia’s war against Ukraine, it is logical to invest more in Germany’s security. Is. In a video released by his ministry, Habakkuk said about the war in Ukraine: “This war probably won’t end quickly and well.” Even if we want otherwise.” Habak continued: “We have to prepare for the threat situation. Anything else would be naive.”

The German federal government also announced that it does not want to hand over weapons to Gaza, despite considerable doubts about the appropriateness of Israel’s military attack on Gaza. Abandon Israel. This news was published based on the answer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to a question from Suim Dagdelen, Bundestag representative from Sahra Wagenknecht coalition.

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