Disgraceful! says interior minister burning of israeli flags at Berlin.
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Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière has sharply condemned the
burning of Israeli flags during anti-Israel protests in Berlin.
The CDU politician told Bild on Monday that Germany is "connected to
the state of Israel and all people of Jewish faith in a very particular
way".
"We do not accept it when Jews or the State of Israel are insulted in this disgraceful way," he said.
Israeli flags were burned at the Brandenburg Gate on Friday during a pro-Palestinian demonstration against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ten people were arrested and investigations were launched into the violation of a foreign state’s sovereign signs.
On Sunday evening, an Israeli flag was also burned on the edge of a protest march from Berlin’s Neukölln district to Kreuzberg, which was attended by around 2,500 demonstrators.
Last week Trump broke with decades of US foreign policy by recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and announcing that the US embassy would be moved there from Tel Aviv.
The German government said it did not support the decision, saying the "status of Jerusalem can only be negotiated within the framework of a two-state solution", between Israel and the Palestinians.
German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel, for his part, said he feared Trump's decision would lead to a "new escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians".
The decision will likely throw "fuel on the fire", he told public broadcaster ARD.
"We do not accept it when Jews or the State of Israel are insulted in this disgraceful way," he said.
Israeli flags were burned at the Brandenburg Gate on Friday during a pro-Palestinian demonstration against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ten people were arrested and investigations were launched into the violation of a foreign state’s sovereign signs.
On Sunday evening, an Israeli flag was also burned on the edge of a protest march from Berlin’s Neukölln district to Kreuzberg, which was attended by around 2,500 demonstrators.
Last week Trump broke with decades of US foreign policy by recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and announcing that the US embassy would be moved there from Tel Aviv.
The German government said it did not support the decision, saying the "status of Jerusalem can only be negotiated within the framework of a two-state solution", between Israel and the Palestinians.
German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel, for his part, said he feared Trump's decision would lead to a "new escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians".
The decision will likely throw "fuel on the fire", he told public broadcaster ARD.
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