A pro-Palestine protestor struck German anti-antisemitism advocate Karoline Preisler throughout a presentation on March 18, Berlin Authorities verified.
Preisler, who has actually routinely shown versus antisemitism given that October 7, 2023, reached a pro-Palestine presentation in Mitte, Berlin, to face the protestors.
The protestor struck Preisler on the hand with a wood flagpole bring a Palestinian flag, Berlin Authorities verified.
In a video published by Preisler following the event, soon after the hit, the protestor is separated from Preisler by Berlin Authorities.
The female tried to strike Preisler once again, however Berlin Authorities obstructed the hit and informed the protestor to go back.
„ Down, down #Israel!” „ Eliminate this unclean rat! Eliminate this unclean rat!” #Berlin #b 1803 And after that the female strikes me. Rats are extremely persistent. #UntilTheLastHostage pic.twitter.com/9onwx0KhM7
— Karoline Preisler (@PreislerKa) March 18, 2025
The video cuts to the demonstration leader contacting the authorities to, according to her translation, “Get rid of (from the demonstration) this unclean rat! Eliminate this unclean rat!”
Authorities verified following the event that they had actually briefly jailed a 53-year-old female on suspicion of severe physical damage.
Preisler informed the Tagesspiegel that she was struck when on the hand with the flagpole however had the ability to evade the other strikes. Her injury was dealt with, x-rayed, and bandaged by a physician.
Spat on, harrassed
Preisler started public marketing throughout the coronavirus however has actually been a routine function of anti-antisemitism presentations in Berlin.
She informed TAZ that she had actually been spat on and bothered throughout pro-Palestine presentations, which was much even worse than what she experienced throughout the pandemic.
” What I’m seeing now at the Palestine presentations, I have actually never ever experienced before. I didn’t understand that this type of cruelty and aggressiveness had actually ended up being so prevalent amongst whole groups of individuals. At every presentation, there’s somebody attempting to harm me, striking me with a flagpole or running into me,” Preisler informed TAZ in July 2024.
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