Overview

• Police described the main march to the Tiergarten as largely peaceful and deployed about 1,800 officers across the city, with dozens of people temporarily detained.
• A separate demonstration of roughly 1,200 people in Kreuzberg was dissolved for criminal offenses, with temporary holds reported and seven officers injured.
• A coalition of around 50 groups, including Amnesty International, Medico International and Die Linke, led the mobilization under the banner “All Eyes on Gaza.”
• Organizers and rights groups demanded an immediate halt to German arms exports to Israel, greater humanitarian access to Gaza and EU sanctions against Israel.
• Speakers such as Linke leader Ines Schwerdtner and musician Michael Barenboim accused Israel of genocide, a charge the Israeli government rejects, and organizers announced further actions.