This anti-Israel protest did not take place in Afghanistan or Iran, but in the very heart of Germany. 1500 demonstrators marched through the streets of Essen on Friday evening, waving terror flags of al-Qaeda and the like, strictly segregated by gender. Observers are stunned: why is Germany allowing this to happen?
These are not scenes from Afghanistan or Iran, but from the very heart of Germany. On Friday evening, another anti-Israel demonstration started in Essen under the title “Gaza under fire”. More than 1500 very agitated demonstrators marched through the streets – strictly segregated by gender. They also waved terror flags of the Taliban and IS. One could also speak of a call to jihad. A large contingent of police was deployed, but did not intervene.
“How can this be allowed in Essen, Germany?” asks an account on X.. “When are you going to arrest them, put them in detention centres and deport them?”
The German journalist Jan Fleischhauer commented on X (Twitter): “If you can’t call it ‘imported anti-Semitism’, then what? Migrant antisemitism? Anti-Semitism with an Arab migration history?”
Even in the Middle East, the march caused consternation. The well-known journalist, commentator and author from Bahrain Amjad Taha commented: “They fled Syria and Iraq to escape the clutches of ISIS and left Afghanistan because of the presence of al-Qaeda. But when they reached Germany, they raised the flags of ISIS and al-Qaeda and supported the ISIS-Hamas terrorists in Gaza against Israel.” Amjad Taha is also Regional Director of the Bahrain-based British Middle East Centre for Studies and Research.
Irrsinn in Essen: Anti-Israel-Demo mit etlichen Terror-Flaggen und Polizei sieht zu | Exxpress