“From the River to the Sea” chanted at Berlin rally

Incendiary chants relating to Jewish people and Israel were chanted on the street in Berlin during a demonstration in Berlin. 

The 1st May anti-Israel rally in Germany’s capital featured the chant “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” was heard. This chant only makes sense as a call for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state — and its replacement with a State of Palestine — and is thus an attempt to deny Jews, uniquely, the right to self-determination, which is a breach of the International Definition of Antisemitism. 

Demonstrators reportedly showed open support for the anti-Israel Samidoun group, an organisation that the Israeli Government has classified as a terrorist group. Israel’s National Bureau for Counter Terror stated that: “The Samidoun organisation was designated as a terrorist organisation as it is part of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and was founded by members of the PFLP in 2012”. 

Berlin police estimated 12,000 protesters attended the protest, and have since banned two additional rallies planned by the Samidoun activists. 

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