Berlin police remove a sit-in camp near Parliament

Police in Berlin have begun removing a pro-Palestinian sit-in camp set up by activists outside the parliament building to demand the government stop arms exports to Israel and end what they say is the criminalization of the Palestinian solidarity movement.
The police removed the tents, forcibly removed the demonstrators, and closed the surrounding area to prevent the access of other protesters.

The activists set up the camp on April 8, coinciding with the start of the International Court of Justice’s consideration of a lawsuit filed by Nicaragua against Germany over Berlin’s provision of military aid to Israel.

“The idea was to draw attention to German complicity and active enablement of the Israeli genocide in Gaza,” Jara Nassar, who organized the camp, told Reuters.

Israel strongly denies accusations that its attack on Gaza constitutes genocide.

Nassar and dozens of demonstrators sat on the ground chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and songs while the police asked them via loudspeakers to leave.