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If you search for it, its only reported by two outlets. There is not a single German newspaper reporting this, including left wing or Berlin regional ones. Searching for the names in the articles returns no results linked to Berlin or Free Palestine at all. The name of the public official also turns up nothing.
Could be misinformation.
The Tagesspiegel as well. One of the German papers of middle size. They also asked sources independently.
The account in the linked article presents a completely different version of events compared to the original narrative by TheIntercept.com. According to the Tagesspiegel article, individuals armed with axes reportedly forced their way into the Free University of Berlin, where they threatened staff members and caused damage to the premises.
It's not a different version. Just a different spin on the same story. It changes nothing. Notice how the Tagesspiegel only says that some of the protesters used axes to break into a building, then threatened employees but not if they used the axes for it. It does not say they used them as arms. It also does not say if the protesters that threatened people and vandalised the building are the ones that are now about to be deported just that they also broke in. It implies it though. The wonderful thing about implications is that you can imply stuff about someone that isn't falsifiedable. So it does not add relevant details about the four people threatened by deportation. Just spin. You are being toyed with.
In Germany, breaking and entering can lead to deportation if it's considered a serious crime and affects public safety. Authorities review each case individually based on the person's situation and the severity of the offense(Aufenthaltsgesetz). However, none of the four have been convicted of any crimes which is odd. Overall, the case is not as The Intercept portrays it. It was not merely a peaceful protest leading to an unjust deportation, nor is it in any way comparable to the situation unfolding in the United States.
The financial times and the Irish times have since picked it up.
Thanks
So will you redact now that it "could be misinformation“ or are you just gonna leave it there as alternative facts, Fox News style?
Or they can leave it alone and people with brains can realize that OP is older than the posts stating that the story is picked up by other outlets now.
God forbid The Intercept gets a scoop.
Already addressed this elsewhere so pasting the same comment; It is possible the American student contacted TheIntercept first. If TheIntercept is the first source then German media will likely pick up the story soon.
I also searched for the lawyer
Alexander Gorski is the same person who overturned Ghassan Abu-Sittah's ban from Germany which does lend a lot of credibility unless TheIntercept is straight up making up quotes from people out of thin air.
I was also sceptical but it seems to be generally true, however the details of it are way more complicated. Read for yourself if you know German or use a translator, one of the biggest Berlin newspapers picked it up and added details : https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nach-beteiligung-an-palastina-protesten-in-berlin-drei-eu-burgern-und-einem-studenten-aus-den-usa-droht-ausweisung-13468543.html
Right... because Germany could never, ever do something like this.
Germany denies visa extension to Palestinian brothers due to security concerns rising from ‘pro-Palestinian sympathies’.
Germany must “finally deport on a large scale those who have no right to stay” in the country, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has declared in the wake of massive pro-Palestinian protests and incidents of anti-Semitism.
Germany Is Threatening to Deport Palestinian Refugees for Their Activism
Germany’s unprecedented crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech
Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz invited the war criminal and genocide perpetrator Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Germany. Merz has assured Netanyahu that he will find “ways and means” not to arrest him in Germany, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court—a clear violation of international law.
EDIT: You were the one spewing misinformation, it has been reported by dozens of journal outlets as of now.
That's fair, but then again the Intercept is a pretty reputable site and the story seems legit.
At this point it’s equally likely that the mainstream media just don’t care because of their reason of state. Idk how their reporting is on other Palestine related content but in my country it’s mostly silence, I learn about what’s happening mostly from The Guardian and Al Jazeera because most media outlets simply don’t give a fuck about Palestinian life.
Yeah, no. There are many left wing German newspapers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXkS0ykfvvI
Absolutely not true. Listen to this interview if you wanna get an accurate picture (unfortunately in German but there should be AI generated subtitles). The situation is grim.
The reality is that the news are probably true, and it’s quite common that people will either gaslight or simply not give a fuck. Germany went absolutely fascist, it’s a terrible situation. Even "left-wing" newspapers like TAZ aren’t very left wing when it comes to Palestinians. Your typical liberal German academic will deny this but who’s even asking them anymore?
Dieses Video ist alles andere als ein akkurates Bild.
Says who?
Da muss man nur ein paar Minuten zuhören um zu merken, dass es eine reine Pro-Hamas Propagadasendung ist.
Yes everything is Hamas, obviously. What a load of BS. Give me one example of a "pro-Hamas" statement and in English please so that everyone can get an idea of your agenda. You Zionists are monsters, Zionism is irredeemable and history won’t fare well of people like you.
Immediately goes on a threatening and extreme Anti-Zionist rant.
History already tried to kill people like me. We are still here.
Zionists know that the Jewish people need a state to protect their existence. You want the country destroyed that's home to half the world's Jewish people. Zionism is necessary because of people like you.
Zionism is an ethno-nationalist death cult, just like Nazism. There is no excuse for being a Nazi or Zionist in 2025. I don’t know how people like you can look in the mirror and think they’re good people. I don’t know how you can genuinely love anyone or anything when you’re so emotionally crippled that shredding babies for the sake of Zionist Lebensraum seems like a good idea to you.
Your Lebensraumprojekt needs to end, as soon as possible. Stop playing the victim card while you’re victimizing millions of Palestinians through GENOCIDDE, while you’re being simply called out on supporting an apartheid ethno-state that is wiping out every living being in Gaza as we speak and expanding that to the West Bank currently.
History also tried to kill people like me, yet I’m not engaging in a genocide to steal land and create a quasi-state resembling every aspect of the countries that tried to eradicate people like me.
Funny how people with similar experiences can be so far away in terms of values.
Taz for example being the biggest one. They are talking about Gaza contantly. They also haven't picked up this story
The Tagesspiegel since has https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nach-beteiligung-an-palastina-protesten-in-berlin-drei-eu-burgern-und-einem-studenten-aus-den-usa-droht-ausweisung-13468543.html (Article is in German)