Statement in solidarity with Palestinians by Abolish Deportation Prison BER
1. Why are we making this statement?
While a genocide is being carried out in Palestine, the leftist scene in Germany has remained largely silent. We acknowledge that even in our own spaces, German guilt and privilege is inhibiting people from taking a stance on war crimes and genocide. We believe we have the responsibility to speak out, as silence will only enforce the racist and unreflected discourses being spread by the German government and media. To the German left: Through your silence you are complicit in the oppression of Palestinians and the bombing of Gaza. Speak out!
2. Situation in Palestine
We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and support the right of all peoples to seek liberation from occupation. While German and Western media refuse to provide context in their reporting, we recognize that the past weeks of violence are a result of 75 years of settler-colonial occupation, apartheid, human rights violations and war crimes committed by the Israeli state and funded and supported by Germany and other Western governments. We mourn all lives lost in Palestine and Israel before, on and after October 7th. We will not look away from the systematic killing and ongoing oppression of Palestinians and we condemn the genocide that is happening in Gaza. We believe that all Palestinians have the right to self-determination and to live in freedom – in their homelands and around the world.
3. Situation in Berlin & Germany
In the last weeks, we have experienced severe violations of our rights to freedom of assembly and opinion in Berlin. Protests in solidarity with Palestine have been relentlessly banned and violently suppressed. The Berlin senate has encouraged a ban on all Palestinian symbols in schools. Police are flooding the streets of Neukölln on a massive scale, targeting people for wearing Kufiyas, Palestinian flags or other symbols, and have arrested hundreds of people, including children, for identifying with or showing solidarity with Palestine. Physical brutality from the police has been extreme: protesters are being dragged, beaten, kicked, pepper sprayed and water canonned.
This repression is then being justified by a racist anti-Muslim discourse which equates Arab identities and criticism of the Israeli state with anti-semitism and terrorism. We do not accept this narrative, and we stand against the violent suppression of Palestinian grief, anger and political opinion. We also reject the oppression of Jewish people critical of the Israeli state, whose right to protest and whose critiques of Israeli war crimes are also being suppressed and absurdly labeled as anti-semitic.
4. Connection to deportations
The German state is now threatening to deport people who stand with Palestinians and criticize the Israeli state, particularly Palestinians and other Arab people arrested at protests. State repression is being turned into a channel for deportation and a means of fueling the German border regime.
We call on the government to immediately stop the repression of Palestinians and those who stand with them through protest bans, police brutality and threat of deportation. We do not accept state silencing. We must ensure that these voices are heard, without risk of violence or loss of residency.
5. Racism & anti-semitism
Even if the German, Israeli and other Western states want us to believe otherwise: calling out violence, apartheid and war crimes against Palestinians is not anti-semitic. Anti-semitism has historically been a product of right-wing nationalist ideology in Germany and Europe. While the vast majority of anti-semitic crimes in Germany are committed by the far-right, responsibility for anti-semitism is now being falsely outsourced to Palestinians, Arab-read people and migrant communities. This narrative is not only racist, but is dangerous in that it distracts us from the real threat of the rising AfD and other anti-semitic actors.
1. Why are we making this statement?
While a genocide is being carried out in Palestine, the leftist scene in Germany has remained largely silent. We acknowledge that even in our own spaces, German guilt and privilege is inhibiting people from taking a stance on war crimes and genocide. We believe we have the responsibility to speak out, as silence will only enforce the racist and unreflected discourses being spread by the German government and media. To the German left: Through your silence you are complicit in the oppression of Palestinians and the bombing of Gaza. Speak out!
2. Situation in Palestine
We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and support the right of all peoples to seek liberation from occupation. While German and Western media refuse to provide context in their reporting, we recognize that the past weeks of violence are a result of 75 years of settler-colonial occupation, apartheid, human rights violations and war crimes committed by the Israeli state and funded and supported by Germany and other Western governments. We mourn all lives lost in Palestine and Israel before, on and after October 7th. We will not look away from the systematic killing and ongoing oppression of Palestinians and we condemn the genocide that is happening in Gaza. We believe that all Palestinians have the right to self-determination and to live in freedom – in their homelands and around the world.
3. Situation in Berlin & Germany
In the last weeks, we have experienced severe violations of our rights to freedom of assembly and opinion in Berlin. Protests in solidarity with Palestine have been relentlessly banned and violently suppressed. The Berlin senate has encouraged a ban on all Palestinian symbols in schools. Police are flooding the streets of Neukölln on a massive scale, targeting people for wearing Kufiyas, Palestinian flags or other symbols, and have arrested hundreds of people, including children, for identifying with or showing solidarity with Palestine. Physical brutality from the police has been extreme: protesters are being dragged, beaten, kicked, pepper sprayed and water canonned.
This repression is then being justified by a racist anti-Muslim discourse which equates Arab identities and criticism of the Israeli state with anti-semitism and terrorism. We do not accept this narrative, and we stand against the violent suppression of Palestinian grief, anger and political opinion. We also reject the oppression of Jewish people critical of the Israeli state, whose right to protest and whose critiques of Israeli war crimes are also being suppressed and absurdly labeled as anti-semitic.
4. Connection to deportations
The German state is now threatening to deport people who stand with Palestinians and criticize the Israeli state, particularly Palestinians and other Arab people arrested at protests. State repression is being turned into a channel for deportation and a means of fueling the German border regime.
We call on the government to immediately stop the repression of Palestinians and those who stand with them through protest bans, police brutality and threat of deportation. We do not accept state silencing. We must ensure that these voices are heard, without risk of violence or loss of residency.
5. Racism & anti-semitism
Even if the German, Israeli and other Western states want us to believe otherwise: calling out violence, apartheid and war crimes against Palestinians is not anti-semitic. Anti-semitism has historically been a product of right-wing nationalist ideology in Germany and Europe. While the vast majority of anti-semitic crimes in Germany are committed by the far-right, responsibility for anti-semitism is now being falsely outsourced to Palestinians, Arab-read people and migrant communities. This narrative is not only racist, but is dangerous in that it distracts us from the real threat of the rising AfD and other anti-semitic actors.
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We stand against antisemitism wherever it happens, in whatever context and we reject the equation of the Free Palestine movement with anti-semitism.
To criticize the state of Israel is not anti-semitic. To equate Palestinian existence and resistance with anti-semitism or terrorism is racist and a means of legitimizing the genocidal war on Gaza. We refuse to accept false narratives which prime us to permit genocide.
6. End
We believe that the oppression of Palestinians and Jewish people are connected and that we must unite against apartheid, settler-colonialism, anti-semitism, racism and all forms of division upheld by nation-states and rooted in right-wing ideology.
None of us are free until all of us are free. None of us are safe until all of us are safe.
Free Palestine!
To criticize the state of Israel is not anti-semitic. To equate Palestinian existence and resistance with anti-semitism or terrorism is racist and a means of legitimizing the genocidal war on Gaza. We refuse to accept false narratives which prime us to permit genocide.
6. End
We believe that the oppression of Palestinians and Jewish people are connected and that we must unite against apartheid, settler-colonialism, anti-semitism, racism and all forms of division upheld by nation-states and rooted in right-wing ideology.
None of us are free until all of us are free. None of us are safe until all of us are safe.
Free Palestine!
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غداً في تمام الساعة 12:00 ظهراً، من المقرر أن يتم ترحيل جماعي إلى العراق من مطار فرانكفورت عن طريق شركة الطيران الألمانية سندير. دعونا نغمر Sundair بمطالبتهم بالتراجع عن استغلال الترحيل. يمكنك الوصول إليهم +49 30 53676791 أو الفيسبوك الخاص بهم: https://www.facebook.com/sundair/
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Tomorrow 12:00, a mass-deportation charter to Iraq is set to take place from Frankfurt airport with the german charter-airline Sundair. Let us flood Sundair with demands they step back from their deportation profiteering. You can reach them +49 30 53676791 or their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundair/
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Morgen um 12:00 Uhr soll vom Frankfurter Flughafen aus ein Sammelabschiebung in den Irak stattfinden mit der deutschen Charterfluggesellschaft Sundair. Lasst uns Sundair mit Forderungen überschwemmen, dass sie von ihren Abschiebegeschäften zurücktreten. Zu erreichen sind sie unter +49 30 53676791 oder auf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundair/
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Tomorrow 12:00, a mass-deportation charter to Iraq is set to take place from Frankfurt airport with the german charter-airline Sundair. Let us flood Sundair with demands they step back from their deportation profiteering. You can reach them +49 30 53676791 or their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundair/
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Morgen um 12:00 Uhr soll vom Frankfurter Flughafen aus ein Sammelabschiebung in den Irak stattfinden mit der deutschen Charterfluggesellschaft Sundair. Lasst uns Sundair mit Forderungen überschwemmen, dass sie von ihren Abschiebegeschäften zurücktreten. Zu erreichen sind sie unter +49 30 53676791 oder auf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundair/
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We as Global South United Collective call for everyone to break the silence and come out on the streets with us. Let's stand up against continuous violation of human rights!
Under the title:
Decolonize Human Rights✊🏾
Europe, through its role in fostering conflicts, perpetuating injustices, encouraging arms trade, dictating EU policies, influencing living standards, upholding white supremacy, and sustaining colonial legacies, has compelled countless individuals to flee their homelands.
Yet, those who reach the Western shores find themselves subjected to unequal treatment, encountering violations of their rights, and facing militarized European borders that have resulted in the loss of thousands of lives. Furthermore, upon arrival, they are often relegated to isolation in camps and denied their fundamental human rights and needs.
We never hear in the media about daily racial profiling against Black, indigenous and people of color in migrant and refugees neighborhood!
Germany's dirty history that we until today pay for, with our lives, our bodies and existence is never questioned!
Palestinians are in an atrocious situation, facing a genocide, denied food, water, electricity and shelter. Thousends of children in Gaza have been targeted and killed with the Partnership of the US and the EU. Germany blocked humanitarian aid and is outspokenly supporting and encouraging this genocide.
We must act against all form of repression, to respond to the structural racism in Germany, and to the racism of the society, which sees solidarity through the lens of whiteness and whiteness alone!
Enough is enough!
Global South United will never be defeated
#freepalestine
#freegaza
#stopthegenocide
Under the title:
Decolonize Human Rights✊🏾
Europe, through its role in fostering conflicts, perpetuating injustices, encouraging arms trade, dictating EU policies, influencing living standards, upholding white supremacy, and sustaining colonial legacies, has compelled countless individuals to flee their homelands.
Yet, those who reach the Western shores find themselves subjected to unequal treatment, encountering violations of their rights, and facing militarized European borders that have resulted in the loss of thousands of lives. Furthermore, upon arrival, they are often relegated to isolation in camps and denied their fundamental human rights and needs.
We never hear in the media about daily racial profiling against Black, indigenous and people of color in migrant and refugees neighborhood!
Germany's dirty history that we until today pay for, with our lives, our bodies and existence is never questioned!
Palestinians are in an atrocious situation, facing a genocide, denied food, water, electricity and shelter. Thousends of children in Gaza have been targeted and killed with the Partnership of the US and the EU. Germany blocked humanitarian aid and is outspokenly supporting and encouraging this genocide.
We must act against all form of repression, to respond to the structural racism in Germany, and to the racism of the society, which sees solidarity through the lens of whiteness and whiteness alone!
Enough is enough!
Global South United will never be defeated
#freepalestine
#freegaza
#stopthegenocide
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Albania Agrees to Host Centres Processing Migrants to Italy
Tommi Siviero and Fjori SinorukaSarajevo, TiranaBIRNNovember 6, 202318:28
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has signed an agreement in Rome pledging to host centers that will process the claims of thousands of migrants rescued by Italy at sea.
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/11/06/albania-agrees-to-host-centres-processing-migrants-to-italy/
Tommi Siviero and Fjori SinorukaSarajevo, TiranaBIRNNovember 6, 202318:28
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has signed an agreement in Rome pledging to host centers that will process the claims of thousands of migrants rescued by Italy at sea.
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/11/06/albania-agrees-to-host-centres-processing-migrants-to-italy/
Balkan Insight
Albania Agrees to Host Centres Processing Migrants to Italy
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has signed an agreement in Rome pledging to host centers that will process the claims of thousands of migrants rescued by Italy at sea.
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WEST’S RACIST MORALITY EXPOSED
Western nations and institutions like to play the role of moral policemen and human rights champions. But there’s a shocking double standard when it comes to who they protect.
In this week’s Africa in 90 Seconds we expose the grim selective morality of Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. It’s hard to believe he’s the same person, when you hear his concern for Ukrainians but lack of regard for Palestinians.
Sadly, as Ahmed Ghoneim explains, it’s nothing new.
Western nations have also stayed largely silent over horrific wars ravaging Africa, whether in Sudan or Congo to name just two.
Hear Us Roar: https://t.me/AfricanStream
Western nations and institutions like to play the role of moral policemen and human rights champions. But there’s a shocking double standard when it comes to who they protect.
In this week’s Africa in 90 Seconds we expose the grim selective morality of Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. It’s hard to believe he’s the same person, when you hear his concern for Ukrainians but lack of regard for Palestinians.
Sadly, as Ahmed Ghoneim explains, it’s nothing new.
Western nations have also stayed largely silent over horrific wars ravaging Africa, whether in Sudan or Congo to name just two.
Hear Us Roar: https://t.me/AfricanStream
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*ENGLISH*
Dear friends and comrades,
we want to invite you to join our demo on the 16th of November, starting
18:00 at O-Platz.
It would be amazing if you join us mobilising and invite your friends, so we fill the street with our protest!
NO BORDERS means standing for a FREE PALESTINE!
Right to stay, right to move, right to return!
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
*عربي*
أيها الأصدقاء والرفاق الأعزاء،
نريد أن ندعوكم للانضمام إلى المظاهرة في 16 نوفمبر، الساعة 06:00 مساء في ساحة O-Platz.
نرجو أن تنشر هذه الدعوة وتدعوا أصدقائك، لنملأ الشارع باحتجاجنا!
بدون حدود تعني الوقوف من أجل فلسطين الحرة!
حق البقاء، حق التنقل، حق العودة!
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
*français*
Cher·e·s ami·e·s et camarades,
Nous aimerions vous inviter à participer à notre manifestation du 16 novembre qui aura lieu à
18h00 à O-Platz.
Il serait formidable que vous vous joigniez à notre mobilisation et que vous invitiez vos ami·e·s, afin que nous remplissions la rue de notre protestation !
NO BORDERS signifie se tenir pour une PALESTINE LIBRE !
Droit de rester, droit de partir, droit de revenir !
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
*DEUTSCH*
Liebe Freund*innen und Genoss*innen,
wir möchten Euch einladen, an unserer Demo am 16. November teilzunehmen, die um
18:00 Uhr am O-Platz stattfindet.
Es wäre toll, wenn ihr bei der Mobilisierung mitmachen könnt und ladet eure Freund*innen ein, damit wir die Straße mit unserem Protest füllen!
NO BORDERS bedeutet, für ein FREIES PALÄSTINA zu stehen!
Für das Recht zu bleiben, Recht zu gehen, Recht zurückzukehren!
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
Dear friends and comrades,
we want to invite you to join our demo on the 16th of November, starting
18:00 at O-Platz.
It would be amazing if you join us mobilising and invite your friends, so we fill the street with our protest!
NO BORDERS means standing for a FREE PALESTINE!
Right to stay, right to move, right to return!
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
*عربي*
أيها الأصدقاء والرفاق الأعزاء،
نريد أن ندعوكم للانضمام إلى المظاهرة في 16 نوفمبر، الساعة 06:00 مساء في ساحة O-Platz.
نرجو أن تنشر هذه الدعوة وتدعوا أصدقائك، لنملأ الشارع باحتجاجنا!
بدون حدود تعني الوقوف من أجل فلسطين الحرة!
حق البقاء، حق التنقل، حق العودة!
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
*français*
Cher·e·s ami·e·s et camarades,
Nous aimerions vous inviter à participer à notre manifestation du 16 novembre qui aura lieu à
18h00 à O-Platz.
Il serait formidable que vous vous joigniez à notre mobilisation et que vous invitiez vos ami·e·s, afin que nous remplissions la rue de notre protestation !
NO BORDERS signifie se tenir pour une PALESTINE LIBRE !
Droit de rester, droit de partir, droit de revenir !
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
*DEUTSCH*
Liebe Freund*innen und Genoss*innen,
wir möchten Euch einladen, an unserer Demo am 16. November teilzunehmen, die um
18:00 Uhr am O-Platz stattfindet.
Es wäre toll, wenn ihr bei der Mobilisierung mitmachen könnt und ladet eure Freund*innen ein, damit wir die Straße mit unserem Protest füllen!
NO BORDERS bedeutet, für ein FREIES PALÄSTINA zu stehen!
Für das Recht zu bleiben, Recht zu gehen, Recht zurückzukehren!
https://noborderassembly.blackblogs.org/no-borders-means-standing-for-a-free-palestine/
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Dringende Unterstützung benötigt: Seit drei Jahren unterhält Refugees4Refugees die „Schutzwohnung“ neben dem Flughafen in Lagos (Nigeria) in der Menschen direkt nach ihrer Abschiebung aus Europa für kurze Zeit unterkommen können und Hilfe bekommen. Refugees4refugees ist dringend auf Spenden angewisen, um die Schutzwohnung zu finanzieren und abgeschobenen Menschen zu unterstützen!! Vielen Dank für euren Support!!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/127779-schutzwohnunga
Urgent support needed: For three years, Refugees4Refugees has been running the "shelter" next to the airport in Lagos (Nigeria), where people can stay for a short time and receive help immediately after their deportation from Europe. Refugees4refugees urgently needs donations to finance the shelter and to support deported people!!! Thank you very much for your support!!!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/127779-schutzwohnunga
Un soutien urgent est nécessaire : Depuis trois ans, Refugees4Refugees gère un "appartement de protection" à côté de l'aéroport de Lagos (Nigeria), dans lequel les personnes expulsées d'Europe peuvent être hébergées et aidées pendant une courte période. Refugees4refugees a un besoin urgent de dons pour financer l'appartement de protection et soutenir les personnes expulsées ! Merci beaucoup pour votre soutien!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/127779-schutzwohnunga
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/127779-schutzwohnunga
Urgent support needed: For three years, Refugees4Refugees has been running the "shelter" next to the airport in Lagos (Nigeria), where people can stay for a short time and receive help immediately after their deportation from Europe. Refugees4refugees urgently needs donations to finance the shelter and to support deported people!!! Thank you very much for your support!!!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/127779-schutzwohnunga
Un soutien urgent est nécessaire : Depuis trois ans, Refugees4Refugees gère un "appartement de protection" à côté de l'aéroport de Lagos (Nigeria), dans lequel les personnes expulsées d'Europe peuvent être hébergées et aidées pendant une courte période. Refugees4refugees a un besoin urgent de dons pour financer l'appartement de protection et soutenir les personnes expulsées ! Merci beaucoup pour votre soutien!
https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/127779-schutzwohnunga
betterplace.org
Schutzwohnung – Flüchtlinge für Flüchtlinge e.V. Refugees4Refugees – betterplace.org
Seit drei Jahren unterhält Refugees4Refugees die „Schutzwohnung“ neben dem Flughafen in Lagos (Nigeria) in der Menschen direkt nach ihrer Abschiebung aus Europa für kurze Zeit unterkommen können und Hilfe bekommen.
Fortress Europe lets people, nature and animals die in the global South & North Instead of pursuing a common and fair climate protection policy, the EU has declared 15 June as the annual European day of remembrance for the victims of the global climate crisis: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/summary.do?
id=1748066&t=e&l=en
What would have been the point if the CPSU had declared an annual day of remembrance for the victims of Stalin's "purges" during his lifetime?
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What would have been the point if the CPSU had declared an annual day of remembrance for the victims of Stalin's "purges" during his lifetime?
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