Overview
- More than 300 protesters joined the ‘Potsdam for Palestine’ march to demand an end to weapons deliveries and the lifting of Gaza’s blockade.
- Around 100 counter-demonstrators organized by the Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft gathered at the Landtag to express solidarity with Israel and condemn antisemitism.
- Brandenburg police reported that both the pro-Palestinian march and the counter-demonstration proceeded without incidents under their supervision.
- Speakers Andreas Büttner and Volker Beck framed Israel’s defense as vital to shared civilizational values and warned of threats to Jewish life in Germany.
- At the ‘Toleranz bewegt Potsdam’ family festival in Babelsberg, Science and Culture Minister Manja Schüle emphasized that tolerance is essential for a stable democracy.