Germany bans pro-Palestinian group Samidoun

October 12, 2023 , and   

(Reuters) Germany will ban the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, adding that its members were celebrating Islamist Hamas “terror” in Israel on German streets.

“Our law governing associations is a sharp sword. And we, as a strong constitutional state, will draw this sword,” Scholz said in an address to parliament in Berlin.

The group, which identifies as a Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, posted photos on Instagram on Sunday of pro-Palestinian activists distributing sweets in Berlin in celebration of Saturday’s Hamas attack in Israel.

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