Intensification of student protests against the Gaza war in German universities

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the media from It is reported that the protests against the Gaza war are increasing in German universities.

The newspaper “De Welt” wrote in a report about this: the protest of pro-Palestinian activists is spreading to German universities. In Bremen, a small group has set up camp on campus. In this situation, the University of Leipzig has demanded compensation from the demonstrators who, according to the authorities of this university, have committed criminal offenses.

After the evacuation of this protest camp by Palestinian supporters At the University of Leipzig, the police opened more than 30 criminal cases against the protesters. The Leipzig Police Department announced on Wednesday that an investigation has been carried out, including on suspicion of trespassing and suspected violation of the assembly law. The city center was occupied by pro-Palestinian groups. Activists, most of them wearing masks, announced that they wanted to fight for Palestine on campus, blocked the doors of the lecture hall from the inside and blocked access from the outside with sit-ins. According to university officials, protesters also set up tents in the campus yard.

Pro-Palestinian activists have also set up a protest camp in a building at the University of Bremen. Around 25 to 30 people gathered for an unannounced rally, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. Report and delete unauthorized. The university takes decisive action against this and also actively raises awareness of the issue of anti-Semitism, for example through events.

In Meanwhile, in the vicinity of this university, activists staged a demonstration with the slogan “Leave your hands off Rafah”. A police spokesman said on Wednesday that up to 150 people took part in the recorded event.

Meanwhile, employees of several universities supported the pro-Palestinian demonstration at Berlin’s Free University. They warned against “police violence” in an open letter.

“Betina Stark Watzinger”, the German Federal Minister of Education, to a letter of support from about 100 professors at universities Berlin reacted with horror to the pro-Palestinian demonstrators. He emphasized that these statements of Berlin university professors are shocking. This official of the Liberal Democratic Party told “Bild” magazine: “Instead of taking a clear stance against hatred of Israel and Jews, the university occupiers are considered victims and the violence is downplayed.

On Tuesday, about 150 activists tried to occupy a yard and set up tents at the Free University of Berlin. The university quickly called the police and cleared the area. 79 people, including 49 women and 30 men, were temporarily arrested.

About 100 lecturers from several Berlin universities wrote in a statement of professors: Regardless of the demands The protesters agree, we stand by our students and defend their right to protest peacefully, which includes occupying university premises.

This letter continues: We ask the administration of the University of Berlin to refrain from police operations against its students and further criminal prosecution. They teach at Azad University, Humboldt University and other universities. Many professors are also present among them. The authors write that the “urgency of protesters’ concerns” must also be “comprehensible to those who do not all share particular demands or find the chosen form of action appropriate.”

Kay Wegner, the mayor of Berlin, openly criticized this letter. Wegner said in response to the newspaper Die Welt: “I have absolutely no sympathy for the authors of this pamphlet.” and the exchange are free. He stated in line with the German statesmen that, however, anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel are not an expression of opinion, but criminal crimes. He is fully confident that the police will take continuous measures against such crimes will continue in accordance with the rule of law.

The management of the Free University of Berlin FU announced that the demonstrators tried to break into the rooms and lecture halls on Tuesday in order to Occupy. In addition to property damage and clashes, FU filed several criminal charges against the protesters. Andre Lindholz, the Social Party politician. Christian described the letter as “a low point for German science”. The vice-chairman of the parliamentary group of the Union of United Christian Parties told this newspaper: “He does not understand when professors defend a group of self-described anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli.”

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