Overview

• Police counted at least 300 participants at the Frankfurt demonstration titled “United we stand – Gegen jede Art von Antisemitismus,” with no initial incidents reported.
• Authorities registered 23 criminal complaints tied to Saturday’s pro‑Palestinian rally, including 18 for use of symbols of unconstitutional or terrorist organizations and two on suspicion of incitement to hatred.
• Prosecutors are investigating one speaker from the Gaza protest for the alleged trivialization of the Holocaust, a potential Volksverhetzung offense under German law.
• Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck denounced what he called intolerable abuses at the pro‑Palestinian event and emphasized Germany’s enduring responsibility to protect Jewish life.
• Poseck urged lawmakers to make the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” punishable, arguing it denies Israel’s right to exist.