(Deutsche Welle) All parties in Germany’s grand coalition government have agreed to ban the flag of Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper said in a report published Sunday.
The move comes after several antisemitic incidents occurred last month in Germany during anti-Israel rallies.
What did the German government say about the ban?
A proposal to ban the flag was originally put forward by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
“We do not want the flags of terrorist organizations to be waved on German soil,” said Thorsten Frei, the deputy parliamentary spokesperson for the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.
