At Buchenwald concentration camp memorial on Sunday, a ceremony to remember Germany’s burdened past knocked out a long-planned protest over the country’s contested present. For weeks, German-based Palestinian solidarity groups vowed to hold a vigil, in parallel with the 81st anniversary of the Nazi camp’s liberation, with protesters wearing Palestinian keffiyeh scarves, popular at Gaza solidarity marches. Organisers said the vigil was to honour genocide victims and call out the hypocrisy they see in German support for Israel since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7th, 2023. In the end, however, their protest came to nothing. A last-minute appeal upheld a...
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