Overview

• The defendant was found guilty of antisemitic assault, bodily harm, property damage, and resisting officers in two separate incidents in May 2024.
• She slapped a 55-year-old German-Israeli Society board member after a University of Hamburg lecture on antisemitism and insulted her with derogatory language.
• Weeks later, during a pro-Palestinian protest near the university, she attacked police officers, punching one in the face and spitting at and kicking another.
• Video evidence introduced late in the trial corroborated key details of the assault, including verbal insults and physical aggression.
• The defense argued the defendant was prejudged by the media and claimed political criticism of Israel was being mischaracterized as antisemitism.