Interview with Josephine Solanki of the Transnational Institute (TNI), the author of a recent TNI report on Germany’s repression of the Palestine movement.

Since 7 October 2023, German authorities have imposed a far-reaching domestic crackdown on Palestine solidarity in tandem with its political, diplomatic and material backing for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This ranges from protest bans and police violence, to smear campaigns, cultural deplatforming, workplace reprisals, and the instrumentalization of migration and asylum law. Together, these measures illustrate the emergence of a repressive infrastructure in Germany which criminalises almost any effective form of solidarity with Palestine and threatens broader civil liberties. The report covers the first 18 months of the genocide, from 7 October 2023 until mid-April 2025.

TNI’s report ‘Solidarity under siege: Germany’s repression of the Palestine Movement’ can be downloaded at: https://www.tni.org/en/publication/solidarity-under-siege

‘Flirting with authoritarianism’ by Josephine Solanki in The Left Berlin: https://www.theleftberlin.com/germany-crackdown-palestine/

TNI website: ⁠https://www.tni.org/en⁠

TNI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transnationalinstitute/

‘Modernity and the Holocaust’ by Zygmunt Bauman:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernity_and_the_Holocaust

Udi Raz of Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Near East, Germany: https://www.instagram.com/udiraza/

Statement by Fridays for Future, Munich, Germany: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuturemuenchen/, actual post (one need to log in to view: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNvxD6FUHWQ/

Irish Bloc Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/irishblocberlin/