Overview

• Berlin police have logged 714 violent offenses at pro-Palestinian demonstrations since October 2023, with nearly 600 recorded over the past year.
• Of these offenses, 627 were directed against police officers and 615 involved propaganda or hate-incitement under Germany’s Volksverhetzung laws.
• Authorities have prohibited 24 pro-Palestinian gatherings this year and are enforcing stricter protest controls to prevent extremist violence.
• Officials say most participants remain peaceful, but a core group with Islamist, left-wing and foreign extremist ties have carried out public attacks.
• SPD MP Alexander Freier-Winterwerb warned that public antisemitic radicalization has made it dangerous for Jews to display religious symbols in Berlin and urged a cross-department strategy.