Germany’s domestic intelligence services have produced a dossier detailing “secular pro-Palestinian extremism” in the country.
The report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) includes sections on “antisemitism in secular pro-Palestinian extremism”, “symbols and identifying marks”, and “networking between pro-Palestinian extremists, left-wing extremists and Islamists”.
“Secular pro-Palestinian extremism in this country is extremely heterogeneous and comprises various organisations, movements, networks, and individuals,” the report says, mentioning the existence of long-standing groups and ones that formed after the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023.
The BfV describes these groups and individuals as being united in “their hostility towards Israel, whose right to exist they regularly refuse to recognise and against which they often agitate in a manner contrary to international understanding”.
Referring to protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Germany’s BfV says that, particularly in Berlin, “statements or displays with anti-Israel, and sometimes antisemitic, content are regularly made or displayed”.
