Berlin police break up a controversial "Palestine Congress" planned for three days. The event only lasted around two hours after it began.
The reason was a speech broadcast via video by a man who is banned from political activity in Germany because of hate speech against Israel and Jews. The participants in the meeting reacted to the official termination by the police with loud expressions of displeasure. The organizers said they were considering legal action against the police's decision.. For three days, the organizers of a “Pal Palestine Congress” wanted to accuse Israel and Germany. In the end, the event only last around two Hours. The police saw the danger “that such anti-Semitic, violence-glorifying and Holocaust-denying speeches could be repeated at the event.” The decision also applies not only to Friday, but also to Saturday and Sunday. The location of the event, a hall on Germaniastrasse in the Tempelhof district, was unknown to police for a long time.