Pro-Palestine rallies had again been reported for Saturday in the major cities. The security forces were on alert because there had been repeated outbreaks of violence and anti-Semitic slogans in recent days.
► At 2 p.m., around 7,000 people gathered at Düsseldorf’s main railway station to march along Königsallee towards the state parliament. The police were there with hundreds of police officers and reinforcements from Bavaria.
Incredibly, one of the speakers openly threatened the Lord Mayor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Dr. Stephan Keller (53). He should change his policy, otherwise the demonstrators would come every Saturday – their children would already make up 30 per cent of the pupils in Düsseldorf. This obviously meant children of Muslim parents.
Moreover, there were also anti-Semitic incidents! One sign expressing hatred read: “Israel commits genocide”. The placard was quickly thrown away.
Other participants chanted “Germany finances, Israel bombs”. A woman in a leather jacket yelled into the microphone: “Mass murderer Israel! Murderer of women Israel! Child murderer Israel!” On her T-shirt was the outline of the state of Israel as well as the Palestinian territories – but the whole area wore the Palestinian colours. A clear sign that she wants to erase the state of Israel and wipe it off the map.
Police are investigating whether any offences were committed at the protest.
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