The prosecutor’s office for the German city-state of Berlin announced last month that the anti-Israel slogan "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a form of incitement to hate and subject to criminal penalties.
According to a German Press Agency report, the slogan violates Paragraph 130 of German law because it negates Israel’s existence.
The anti-incitement law bans hatred “against a national, racial, religious group, or a group defined by their ethnic origins.”
The prosecutor’s office says the anti-Israel slogan meets this criteria.
The anti-Semitic slogan “Death to the Jews” is currently banned.
Berlin appears to be the only one of the 16 German federal states to outlaw the chant ”From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free,” which has often been heard at mass rallies in the capital city.
The criminal penalty for incitement to hate can be a prison term or a fine. »
