Twenty-two year-old Berlin student fined for her 'from the river to the sea' chant at a pro-Palestinian demonstration last October
A demonstration in Berlin. Tuesday’s ruling was the first time a court imposed a conviction based on a new provision of the criminal code, introduced last November, around the term “from the river to the sea”. Photograph: Filip Singer/EPAA 22-year-old Berlin student has been found guilty of incitement and fined €600 for chanting “from the river to the sea” at a pro-Palestinian demonstration last October.
While Palestinian activists describe the refrain as a call for peace and equality after 75 years of Israeli statehood and occupation of Palestinian territory, Israelis hear a call for the elimination of their homeland from between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan river.
In June, a regional court in the southwestern city of Mannheim described the phrase as being of a “general nature”, with a complex history.
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