Overview

• Police cited at least 58,000–60,000 attendees for the main Berlin demonstration, while organizers asserted more than 100,000, making it the largest Gaza protest in Germany to date by multiple accounts.
• Authorities deployed roughly 1,800 officers citywide and described the main rally as largely peaceful, noting about 30 freedom‑restriction measures at the margins.
• A separate march of around 1,200 people in Kreuzberg was dissolved after police reported prohibited slogans and symbols, fireworks, and obstruction of media work.
• A broad coalition of about 50 groups, including Amnesty International, Medico International and Die Linke, demanded an immediate halt to German arms exports to Israel, unfettered humanitarian access to Gaza and EU sanctions.
• Speakers used the term “genocide” for Israel’s actions, a charge the Israeli government rejects, and the evening program featured appearances by Michael Barenboim with scheduled performances by K.I.Z. and Pashanim.