{"id":120137,"date":"2025-03-29T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120137"},"modified":"2025-03-29T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T07:26:07","slug":"29-00-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120137","title":{"rendered":"Annual \u2018Quds Day\u2019 March in Frankfurt Despite Authorities\u2019 Antisemitism Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Annual \u2018Quds Day\u2019 March in Frankfurt Despite Authorities\u2019 Antisemitism Concerns<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ailin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Quds Day march in Hannover, Germany in 2024. Photo: Screenshot<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A demonstration calling for Israel\u2019s destruction will be allowed to take place in the German city of Frankfurt this weekend after an administrative court overturned the city\u2019s ban on the rally, which had been put in place due to expected displays of antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Frankfurt Administrative Court on Friday ruled that the ban on the march, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, was unlawful.<\/span><\/p>\n

German authorities on Thursday had banned the annual \u201cQuds Day\u201d rally in Frankfurt, citing public safety concerns and its antisemitic symbolism, local media reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the city\u2019s assembly authority, the decision was based on the \u201chigh probability\u201d that the gathering \u201cwould serve as an openly visible symbol of antisemitism related to Israel\u201d and that public safety would be immediately at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Iranian regime, the\u00a0annual Quds Day commemorations event<\/a>\u00a0is held in Tehran and several other cities, where Iran and its allies organize marches in support of the Palestinians and call for Israel\u2019s annihilation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe end of Ramadan is actually a celebration of inner contemplation and also of hope,\u201d Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said in a statement, as reported by German media. \u201cIt is almost tragic that Muslim fanatics \u2013 incited by Iran \u2013 repeatedly use this occasion to propagate hatred against Israel and Jews.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He called on Muslim groups to \u201cactively position themselves against this abuse of their faith,\u201d adding, \u201cEveryone knows what to expect from Al-Quds marches. They should be banned.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran is\u00a0the chief international backer of Hamas<\/a>, providing the Palestinian terrorist group with weapons, funding, and training. According to media reports based on documents seized by the Israeli military in Gaza last year, Iran had been informed about Hamas\u2019s plan to invade and perpetrate a massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, months in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2015, demonstrations have been held on the streets of Frankfurt every year during the last weekend of Ramadan, marking the so-called \u201cAl-Quds [Arabic name for Jerusalem] Day.\u201d The event was introduced by Iran\u2019s then-nascent Islamist regime in 1979 as the \u201cDay of the Liberation of the Holy City of Jerusalem from Zionist Occupation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Frankfurt\u2019s Public Order office said that between 500 and 1,000 people were expected to participate in the events this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since last year, the official slogan of the event has been \u201cStop the War\u201d \u2014 referring to the Gaza war, which began after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of and massacre across southern Israel, during which Palestinian terrorists murdered 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 hostages.<\/span><\/p>\n