People take part in a pro-Palestine demonstration in Heumarkt Square, Cologne, on November 1st. One in four planned pro-Palestine gatherings in Germany have been banned in the last month. Photograph: Mesut Zeyrek/Anadolu via Getty Images It was a summer 2015 and I was following Angela Merkel around eastern Germany at the height of the refugee crisis. One sunny morning in the northeastern city Rostock, she was the star attraction at a town-hall meeting titled Living Well in Germany. Near the end of the event, the chancellor was challenged gently by a 14-year-old Reem Sahwil. She was not living well in...