Repression directed against Palestinian communities and activists and Palestine solidarity movements is on the rise in Germany – and so is the fightback.



Join us for a discussion on the repression targeting Palestine organizing in Germany as well as some of the successful campaigns against it, including the Radical Queer #YesBDS block, the Palastina Spricht campaign and the Rasmea Spricht organizing – and a short legal update.

Discuss escalating repression, including:

* the political ban imposed on Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat and the use of anti-Palestinian arguments to deny him a residency visa renewal

* the anti-BDS resolution passed by the Bundestag

* the political ban and stripping of the Schengen visitor visa targeting Rasmea Odeh, former Palestinian political prisoner and community leader

* the criminal prosecution of activists for interrupting an Israeli official speaker involved in the war on Gaza at Humboldt University

* the closure of the bank account of Jewish Voices for a Just Peace and other organizations in Germany

* the cancellation of performance invitations to American rapper Talib Kweli and Scottish rappers Young Fathers for their support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement

* the forced resignation of the director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin for tweeting a link to a statement against the Bundestag’s anti-BDS resolution written by Jewish scholars