Palestinian community in Germany

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Palestinian Community in Germany V.
(PGD)
purpose Promotion of German-Palestinian relations
Chair: Suhail Abu Shammala
Establishment date: 2009
Seat : Berlin GermanyGermanyGermany 
Website: www.pgd-online.de

The Palestinian Community in Germany V. ( PGD ) is a German association based in Berlin , in which, in accordance with its guiding principles, Palestinians and Germans come together in non-partisan and ideologically open activities to promote “the idea of ​​active solidarity with the Palestinian people” and German-Palestinian relations promote.

The Palestinian Community in Germany was mentioned several times in reports for the protection of the constitution . According to the Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution, it is close to the Sunni - Islamist Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas .

History and Cooperations

The Palestinian Community in Germany was founded on February 5, 2009 in Berlin. In 2010 she supported the preparation and implementation of the 8th Conference of Palestinians in Europe in the Berlin Tempodrom . At the conference, which has been held annually since 2002 by the British organization Palestinian Return Center (PRC), based in London, and the General Secretariat of the Conference of Palestinians , based in Vienna, as the main organizers in various major European cities, several speakers close to Hamas took part in Berlin on. In 2011 the PGD co-organized the 9th Conference of Palestinians in Europe in the Uni-Halle in Wuppertal. In 2015, the PGD also organized the 13th Conference of Palestinians in Europe in Berlin . The German Youth for Palestine (DJP) and the Palestinian Women's Association are further cooperation partners of the PGD and organizations close to Hamas .

Assessments of the protection of the constitution

Since the PGD was founded in 2009, there has been a regular exchange of information within the framework of regular cooperation at the level of the constitutional protection group consisting of the 17 German constitution protection authorities.

In the 2016 report on the Protection of the Constitution, the Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution writes that the supporters of the PGD “mainly consist of HAMAS supporters”. The Berlin Senate Department for Internal Affairs and Sport announced this assessment as early as autumn 2014 . The protection of the Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia takes the view that the terrorist organization Hamas is represented in Germany by the PGD. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is also observing the PGD due to “its substantive and ideological proximity to Hamas”.

Controversy

According to the Anti-Semitism Research and Information Center (RIAS), the anti-Israeli protests against the Jerusalem decision by US President Donald Trump in 2017 in Germany were organized by the PGD. In Frankfurt am Main, she also hosted the demonstration openly as the organizer. In response to the riots, the PGD condemned "anti-Semitic behavior and slogans in all possible formats, be it on demonstrations, rallies or on social networks".

As early as 2014, the PGD hosted demonstrations, including a. in Stuttgart , Berlin and Dortmund , which led to riots and anti-Semitic slogans. A broad alliance protested against the 13th Conference of Palestinians in Europe , which was co-organized by the PGD and which took place in Berlin in 2015. The alliance Berlin against Hamas , based on a call by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation and the American Jewish Committee (AJC), joined forces. a. numerous politicians from all parties represented in the Berlin House of Representatives . But there were also voices of solidarity for the 13th Conference of Palestinians in Europe , u. a. by Christine Buchholz ( Die Linke ), from the Federal Working Group on Just Peace Middle East of the Left Party and from the political scientist and journalist Ludwig Watzal .

In the past, there were always disputes about PGD events, as they had rented rooms under a different name. In this context, Volker Beck ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) spoke of the PGD as the “cover organization of Hamas”.

According to the rbb , the imam Mohamed Taha Sabri from the Neukölln meeting place , which is monitored by the Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution and assigned to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood , also appeared at the PGD.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Articles of Association . Palestinian Community in Germany, accessed on January 28, 2018 (here Section 2 No. 1 f.)
  2. ^ Articles of Association . Palestinian Community in Germany, accessed on December 30, 2017. "§ 9 Date of establishment: The statutes were unanimously approved by the founding meeting on February 5, 2009 in Berlin."
  3. ↑ Regionally violent Islamists: 8th Annual Conference of the Palestinians in Europe (HAMAS) . In: Constitutional Protection Report 2010 . Senate Department for Internal Affairs and Sport , Department for the Protection of the Constitution , April 2011, p. 29, accessed on December 30, 2017 (PDF; 5.9 MB).
  4. ↑ Palestinian conference in Wuppertal heats up feelings . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung , May 3, 2011, accessed on January 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Susanne Memarnia: Too large coalition against Hamas . In: Die Tageszeitung , April 24, 2015, accessed December 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ Written question and answer: Anti-Semitism and radical Islamism in Berlin . Berlin House of Representatives , printed matter 17/14523, September 2014, accessed on December 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Small written question and answer from the Senate: Demonstration of the Palestinian Community in Germany (PGD). (PDF) In: Drucksache 21/2878. Hamburg Citizenship , January 22, 2016, accessed December 30, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report 2016 (PDF; 4.6 MB) Senate Department for the Interior and Sport , Department for the Protection of the Constitution , August 17, 2017, p. 68 , accessed on December 30, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Christian Böhme, Martin Niewendick: Islamists with the Middle East map without Israel . In: Der Tagesspiegel , April 20, 2015, accessed December 30, 2017.
  10. ↑ Hamas. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Verfassungsschutzbericht 2016. Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2016, archived from the original on April 7, 2017 ; accessed on December 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mik.nrw.de
  11. ↑ Hannah Beitzer: "The threat for Jews comes from all sides" . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 2017 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on December 30, 2017] Interview with Benjamin Steinitz, Research and Information Center Antisemitism ).
  12. ↑ Frankfurt city center: Palestinians plan to protest against Trump . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed December 30, 2017]).
  13. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Jerusalem demonstration in Frankfurt: Police do not tolerate burning flags . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
  14. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Palestinian Community: Demo against Jerusalem recognition of Trump in Frankfurt | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
  15. ↑ PGD ​​condemns anti-Semitism of all kinds . PGD ​​website, December 10, 2017, accessed January 1, 2018.
  16. ↑ Jost Müller-Neuhof, Ronja Ringelstein, Maria Fiedler, Sebastian Leber , Frank Jansen , Johannes C. Bockenheimer: How dangerous are the Muslim anti-Semites? In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 11, 2017, accessed on January 1, 2018.
  17. ^ Riots on Palace Square: Palestinian protest gets out of hand . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . ( stuttgarter-nachrichten.de [accessed December 30, 2017]).
  18. ↑ Christine Buchholz : No to defamation. For solidarity . Christine Buchholz's website, May 1, 2015, accessed January 26, 2018.
  19. ↑ No to the defamation of the Palestine Conference . In: Die Freiheitsliebe , statement of the Federal Working Group on Just Peace Middle East of the Die Linke party, April 22, 2015, accessed on January 27, 2018.
  20. ^ Ludwig Watzal : Zionist agitation against the Palestinian Congress in Berlin . In: Der Semit , April 27, 2015, accessed on January 27, 2018.
  21. ↑ Gerd Niewerth: Palestinians move meetings from Essen to Dortmund. Retrieved December 30, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Sascha Adamek, Jo Goll: rbb research: Saudischer hate preacher spoke in Neukölln in 2009. In: rbb.de/Abendschau. Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg , December 15, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .

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