In a sweeping move, Berlin’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution outlaws BDS movement, branding it a direct threat to peaceful international order and noting that it crosses a red line into anti-constitutional extremism.

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Berlin announced Tuesday that the BDS movement has been classified as “unconstitutional.”

The head of the office, Michael Fischer, explained that the movement’s status in Berlin’s antisemitic and anti-Israel landscape has significantly strengthened over the past year.

Fischer clarified that BDS’s ideology is based on “explicit denial of Israel’s right to exist.” According to him, BDS activity goes beyond boycotting cultural events or Israeli economic products. “The goal is to make the existence of Israel impossible in the international context. It is aimed at its destruction,” Fischer stated.

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Irrespective of everything else, the very beginning of the article is already wrong and sensationalist: The Verfassungschutz doesn’t outlaw stuff, they have no power to do so. What them classifying things means is that they have an easier time justifying covert information gathering, inserting moles etc.

    They have no executive powers whatsoever, all they’re doing is collecting information and writing reports.

    …also, the report doesn’t mention anything about “unconstitutional”. Here it is, 2024 one, page 30, BDS is listed under “Extremist organisations with near-east relation”.