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3w ago

Middle East Conflict Drives Sharp Rise in Hamburg Extremist Crimes

Hamburg’s domestic intelligence service classifies Thawra! Hamburg as extremist following its anti-Semitic demonstrations.

Hamburg: Andy Grote (SPD), Senator für Inneres und Sport, beantwortet in der Innenbehörde die Fragen der Medienvertreterinnen und Medienvertreter
Die propalästinensische Protestgruppe „Thawra! Hamburg“ wurde nun als gesichert extremistisch eingestuft.
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Overview

  • The number of extremist offenses in Hamburg increased by more than 225% for foreign ideological motives and violent cases rose nearly tenfold last year.
  • Intelligence data show Islamist extremists remain the largest group with about 1,900 individuals while right-wing extremist numbers stayed stable at around 400.
  • Interior Senator Andy Grote warns that right-wing extremism poses the greatest risk to democracy despite rising Islamist and left-wing activities.
  • The newly listed Thawra! Hamburg group is marked by antisemitic rhetoric, rejection of Israel’s right to exist and ties to left-wing extremist networks.
  • Left-wing extremist factions in Hamburg are divided over the Middle East conflict, with some supporting Palestine and others expressing pro-Israel sentiments.