The activist Greta Thunberg is increasingly becoming the ‘persona non Greta’ in Germany. The CDU/CSU wants to obtain an entry ban. Other authorities went further – at least in the short term – and classified the Swede as ‘prone to violence’.
The domestic policy spokesperson of the German CDU/CSU faction, Alexander Throm, calls for an entry ban for Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. “Anyone who comes here to agitate against Israel and belittle our police has no place in Germany,” the CDU politician told the “Bild” newspaper.
In Dortmund, police ended a pro-Palestinian protest camp on Tuesday after Thunberg announced her visit there. The decision was made, among other things, because Thunberg’s appearance would have led to more people coming to the protest camp than initially allowed, the police said on Wednesday.
Thunberg raises his eyebrows
The original version of the police statement stated that the Swede was “classified as violent.” This text was later corrected by the executive with reference to an “internal error”. One thing is certain: the activist has not yet attracted attention with outbreaks of violence. However, she surrounds herself with people who glorify the mass murder of Jews by Hamas.
Throm emphasized that he considers it “not only appropriate, but even necessary that the federal Minister of the Interior (Nancy Faeser, note) issues an entry ban against this anti-Semite in the future.”
Thunberg attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin on Monday, the anniversary of the Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, where participants also threw bottles at police officers and chanted anti-Israel slogans, according to police.
From school strikes to anti-Semitism
In a video interview, Thunberg criticized the actions of German police during the pro-Palestinian protests. She also repeated her accusation of genocide against Israel, saying the German state was complicit.
Thunberg’s full statement on German ‘complicity’:
Thunberg, now 21, became known worldwide in 2018 for her ‘School Strike for the Climate’. Their protest gave rise to the international climate movement Fridays for Future. Since the Islamist Hamas attack on Israel a year ago and Israel’s subsequent military action in the Gaza Strip, the country has repeatedly expressed solidarity with the Palestinians and accused Israel of genocide.
Thunberg is chasing away the climate movement
Fridays for Future activists had already distanced themselves from her last year because of Thunberg’s clear partiality in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas. Fridays for Future in Germany operates as an independent organization and has “long outgrown Greta as a person”. There is no place for anti-Semitism in the movement.
A year ago, about 1,200 people were killed in the attack on Israel by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, and about 250 others were kidnapped as hostages in the Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel has been fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to Hamas, more than 40,000 Palestinians were killed in the attacks and most of the population of the coastal strip had to flee and have been living in very precarious conditions ever since.
Source: Krone
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