One of the accused ran a restaurant in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. Another one was a taxi driver. Inconspicuous, friendly – seemingly integrated.
The discovery of a USB stick made the investigators sit up and take notice. What they found on it was highly explosive: coordinates, photos, clues to possible targets in Germany. Several locations were spied on: the Israeli embassy in Berlin, the US military airport in Ramstein and Tempelhofer Feld, one of Berlin’s most popular parks.
Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler warns in the newspaper NZZ: ‘The fact that the group targeted the well-frequented park suggests that they may have been toying with the idea of committing a mass murder.
The trial not only reveals plans – it shows a strategic U-turn. Europe is clearly no longer a place of retreat for Hamas – but a target for attack.
It is not only Israel that is hated at the protests – the German state has also become an enemy.
Particularly explosive: Hamas – which is at the focus of the trial in Berlin – is the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. What was planned in Berlin has the backing of the highest religious authority – and a clear global mandate to use violence.
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