Thousands of people gather at the start of the pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin. From 2 p.m. onwards, the area around the Neptune Fountain on Alexanderplatz in the Mitte district increasingly filled with people carrying Palestine flags and posters with slogans such as “Stop the genocide in Gaza” or “From the river to the sea – we demand equality”. carried each other.
At around 3 p.m. the police counted around 6,000 people. But a “further influx is to be expected,” says a local spokeswoman. Accordingly, the police check the personal details of individual participants. Some posters that violated the requirements were painted over or taken down.