A group of students organized a Flash Action at Freie Universität Berlin

People take to the streets to protest the eviction of the Besetzung gegen Besatzung Protest Camp

“‼️Palestine isn’t going anywhere and neither are we.‼️

This was true when we started our occupation camp – the day Germany was brought before the International Court of Justice for aiding and abetting the Israeli genocide in Gaza. This is even more true now that we have been violently and unjustly evicted.

Our protest was registered and peaceful. We Continue reading 26.04 OCCUPATION CAMP GETS BRUTALLY EVICTED →

Report on arbitrary repression and police rules experienced throughout the Occupy against Occupation camp outside the Bundestag

“-Large police presence and frequent intimidation, surrounding, harassment and detaining of individuals

-Police often waited until dark and most people had left to repress and target the Palestinians at the camp

-People were beaten and pepper sprayed on a Sunday afternoon with children present

-Certain chants, songs, sentences were forbidden and criminalised such as ‘Fuck You ‘insert name of any individual’ ‘

–Police restricted the languages that protestors could express their political opinions in. Continue reading 08.04 – 26.04 REPORT OF POLICE REPRESSION AND LANGUAGE BANS DURING CAMP →

“The route will take you past some of the weapons companies who are profiting from the mass murder of Palestinians:

❗️Diehl Defence at Potsdamer Platz 9
❗️BDSV Arms Lobby at Friedrichstraße 60 ❗️ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems at Friedrichstraße 60
❗️General Dynamics European Land Systems at Pariser Platz 4a
❗️Rheinmetall at Pariser Platz 6a
❗️Krauss Maffei Wegmann at Pariser Platz 6a

ALL ARE COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE!”

information about the companies: Continue reading 20.04 Stop Arming Israel →

CAMP DEMANDS

Camp Website, The Left Berlin Article

“Why do we Occupy against Occupation? Germany is enabling the Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people via weapons exports and political, economic and diplomatic support. As such, it is not only our right, but our duty to resist.

We are a coalition of people – German citizens, permanent residents, asylum seekers, internationals, and others currently situated in Germany. Over the last six months, and in some cases longer, we have been marching, educating, demonstrating, and staging artistic interventions in protest. As nothing has swayed Germany from its commitment to dehumanizing Palestinians and supporting the Zionist occupation in its genocide, we now plant our bodies as a sign unmoving in front of the heart of German political power.

This is everyone’s responsibility. As activists, artists, academics, and everyday people are criminalized, assaulted, and intimidated for speaking out for Palestinian human rights, Germany normalizes and manufactures consent for the physical destruction of Palestinians abroad while denying their humanity within its borders. We acknowledge and applaud the Palestine solidarity movement worldwide in its different forms — in Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, South Africa, and worldwide. This is not an isolated fight but a global struggle for liberation against all forms of capitalism and colonization.

Thus, we demand:
💥 An immediate military embargo and an end to all weapons exports to the Zionist state
💥 An immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire
💥 An end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine, the Golan Heights and Sheba Farms
💥 Immediate provision of sufficient humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza
💥 Equal application of human rights for all, which means the end to the Zionist apartheid regime and the implementation of the right to return of all refugees
💥 An end to the aggression against Lebanon and Syria
💥 Accountability of the Zionist occupation and other complicit entities, including Germany, responsible for the genocide being committed in the Gaza Strip specifically and across all of Palestine, and reparations to the Palestinians for their suffering, the destruction of their lives and livelihoods, and for the occupation of their land.

Our specific demands to the German government are:
⚡️ An immediate end to all arms exports to the Zionist state
⚡️ An immediate reinstatement of funding to UNRWA
⚡️ An end of the criminalization of the Palestine solidarity movement
⚡️ Abolish the 2019 BDS resolution
⚡️ Abolish the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism by all German arts and culture institutions, universities as well as state authorities
⚡️ A repeal of the law passed in December 2023 in Saxony-Anhalt, which requires commitment to Israel’s right to exist in order to be naturalized
⚡️ An end to Paragraph 16 of the Higher Education Act, which enables politically motivated exmatriculation of students.

We call on the public to join us! Spread our demands. Hold those in power accountable for their actions regarding the Palestinian people. Engage in civil disobedience, strikes, and boycotts.

We know that the worst atrocities in history happened not because of the actions of a few but because of the silence of many. Do not stay silent. Free Palestine.”

April 8th: LIFE: BANNED FROM GAZA

Rally and exhibition that begins the protest camp outside of the Bundestag

“Palestine isn’t going anywhere and neither are we! We are protesting Germany’s active role in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. Outrage isn’t enough! In addition to our already planned rally and exhibition “Life: Banned from Gaza” all day Monday, we have now registered a protest camp “Occupy Against Occupation”, maintaining presence into the night and the days ahead. Bring your tents, bring your friends, bring donations, and stay with us – whether for an hour or a few days!
After screening the ICJ hearings, “Life: Banned from Gaza” is continuing with speeches and performances throughout the day. A public exhibition highlights items that Israel has banned from entering Gaza over nearly two decades of siege. The rally will transform into a protest camp across the street: “Occupy Against Occupation”.
In addition to camping gear, we encourage you to contribute to the exhibition by bringing any of these items that have been banned in Gaza:
sleeping bags • blankets • shoes • wedding dresses • sewing thread • plates and cutlery • surf- and skateboards • books • animal and pet food • sanitary pads • medication packages e.g. paracetamol • soaps • shampoo • shaving cream • dry foods e.g. pasta and lentils • stone fruit e.g. dates • canned goods • baby formula • bottled water • juice and soda • first aid kits • wheelchairs and crutches”

Continue reading 08.04 LIFE:BANNED FROM GAZA / LEBEN: VERBANNT AUS GAZA →

Our homes are our safe spaces, our holy spaces, our private spaces!

A silent demonstration outside the police station at Kotti to protest the raids and arrests of our comrades in their own homes in the middle of the night by Berlin police. Activists stood silently in pajamas with blankets to condemn political repression and the campaign of police, government and media against individual activists.

“NO! to sexual violence as a weapon of war in the Gaza genocide

Sexual violence is an integral part and systematic method of the genocide in Gaza and extermination of any resistance of Palestinian people. We’ve seen war played out on femmes’ bodies time and again from Continue reading 02.04 NO! TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS A WEAPON OF WAR →