In Munich on March 8th, around 400 people gathered in the city center for a demonstration called “Run for Your Life” in memory of sexual violence against Israeli women. At this event, they remembered women kidnapped, raped, and killed by Hamas militants.
As reported by BILD, many participants in the march carried purple posters with the names and photos of the abducted victims. The event was organized by Professor Guy Katz, and among the participants were Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Jewish community in Munich, US Consul General Timothy Liston, and Martin Hagen, the leader of the FDP in Bavaria.
As the group approached Marienplatz, where they intended to join a larger feminist demonstration for International Women’s Day, they were verbally attacked by pro-Palestinian activists.
“You have no place here. You represent Zionist colonialism,” one of them shouted.
Another man from the pro-Palestinian activists declared that he “won’t let racist Zionists say anything” and immediately began chanting slogans for a “Free Palestine.”
“It was very bad. We had to leave; we were excluded from the event. What kind of feminists are these who can’t stand up for Israeli women?” says Guy Katz.
