Pro-Gaza slogans appear on German state parliament on war anniversary
Pro-Palestinian statements were sprayed onto a state parliament in northern Germany overnight, as the world marks the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel, a police spokesman told dpa on Tuesday.
Some 15 slogans, including “From the River to the Sea,” “Free Gaza,” and “Free Greta [Thunberg]” were sprayed on the walls of the Schleswig-Holstein parliament in Kiel around midnight by unknown perpetrators, the spokesman said.
The president of the parliament, Kristina Herbst, condemned the incident in the strongest possible terms.
“Our parliament stands for open democratic dialogue – not for vandalism and political slogans on the walls,” she said in a statement.
The graffiti does not merely affect the appearance of a democratic building; it also damages respect for the common rules of coexistence, Herbst argued.
“Political issues must have their place in the public debate, not on the walls of parliament,” she added.
Events are being held across Germany on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, which left 1,200 killed in Israel and saw 250 others taken to Gaza as hostages.
More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in the ensuing conflict, according to figures from the Hamas-run health authority in Gaza that are seen as credible by the United Nations.
