Overview

• Humboldt University's Institute of Social Sciences was vandalized with anti-Israel slogans and Hamas triangles, including phrases like 'Yallah intifada' and 'If Gaza burns, Berlin burns.'
• The graffiti appeared overnight between Sunday and early Monday morning, according to police reports.
• The university has filed a legal complaint and begun removing the graffiti from the building's facade.
• The State Criminal Police Office (Landeskriminalamt) has launched an investigation to identify the perpetrators.
• This incident follows a pattern of pro-Palestinian activism at the university, including a 2024 building occupation and an April 2025 vandalism case causing significant damage.