(European Conservative) A pro-Palestinian demonstration near the German Chancellery on Monday night ended with 188 arrests after protesters chanted slogans glorifying Hamas leaders and rejecting the existence of Israel.
According to Berlin police, around 150 demonstrators marched from a protest camp on Heinrich von Gagern Straße towards John Foster Dulles Allee, just minutes from the Federal Chancellor’s Office. Officers reported hearing banned chants and dissolved the rally after failing to identify an official organizer.
Of the people detained and later released after identification, 183 now face charges for using symbols of terrorist organizations, resisting or assaulting officers, and disturbing the public order. Police said irritant gas was deployed when some participants tried to flee or resist checks. Five officers were injured.
