List of pro-Palestinian protests in Germany

March in Frankfurt, 3 February 2024.

This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in Germany including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.

List

Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.

Pre-2023

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
30 December 2008  Berlin 2,000 Protest against Israeli's Operation Cast Lead on Gaza. [1]
25 July 2014  Berlin 1,100 Demonstration and march through the city center on Al-Quds Day. [2]
26 July 2014  Frankfurt 400 Demonstration and march through the city center. [3]
26 July 2014  Berlin 1,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [3]
1 August 2014  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center. [4]
9 August 2014  Berlin ? Demonstration and march through the city center. [5]
21 October 2015  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center. [6]
23 December 2017  Berlin ? Protest in solidarity with Palestine and against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. [7]
1 June 2019  Berlin ? Demonstration and march through the city center on Al-Quds Day. [8]
15 May 2021  Stuttgart +50 Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. [9]
15 May 2021  Leipzig 400 Demonstration in the city center. About 200 pro-Israel counter-protesters were also present. [9]
15 May 2021  Hamburg 400-500 Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention when counter-protesters carrying Israeli flags appeared. [9]
15 May 2021  Mannheim 500 Demonstration in the city center. One protester was arrested for burning an Israeli flag. [9]
15 May 2021  Freiburg im Breisgau 600 Demonstration and march through the city center. [9]
15 May 2021  Hanover 800 Demonstration in the city center. [9]
15 May 2021  Berlin 2,500–6,000 Demonstration in Neukölln district during Nakba Day. Ended with police intervention. [9][10]
15 May 2021  Cologne 800 Demonstration in the city center before broken up by police. [10]
15 May 2021  Frankfurt 2,500 Demonstration in the city center. [9]
23 April 2022  Berlin 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. Ended with police intervention. Two protesters were arrested. [11]
15 May 2022  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center despite the ban on pro-Palestinian protests. Ended with police intervention. Several protesters were arrested and injured. [12]

2023

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
13 October 2023  Hamburg 200 Demonstration at the main train station. Ended with police intervention. [13]
15 October 2023  Berlin 1,000 Demonstration at Potsdamer Platz. Ended with police intervention, with over 800 police officers being deployed. 155 protesters were arrested. [14]
22 October 2023  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention, with over 1,600 police officers being deployed. 232 protesters were arrested. [15]
25 October 2023  Hamburg 800 Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention, with over 1,500 police officers being deployed. [16]
11 November 2023  Berlin 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [17]
18 November 2023  Berlin 4,000 Demonstration and silent march from the Mitte district towards Hofjägerallee in the Tiergarten district. [18]
25 November 2023  Frankfurt 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [19]
17 December 2023  Berlin 3,000 Vehicle convoy through the city center. [20]

2024

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
21 January 2024  Berlin 150 Demonstration as part of a larger anti-far right protest. Pro-Palestinian protesters were pushed away by other demonstrators and eventually separated by the police. [21]
24 February 2024  Berlin 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [22]
3 May 2024  Berlin ? Sit-in at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Ended with police intervention. Several protesters were detained. [23]
7 May 2024  Leipzig 50-60 Occupation of a hall at Leipzig University. Ended with police intervention. Thirteen protesters had criminal proceedings held against them. [24]
7 May 2024  Berlin 150 Encampment at the courtyard of the Free University of Berlin. Ended with police intervention. Several protesters were detained. [23]
16 May 2024  Berlin 300 Demonstration by students and staff of the Free University of Berlin, in protest of the recent crackdown on Palestine supporters at universities. [23]
15 July 2024  Berlin 600 Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. Seven demonstrators and 17 police officers were hurt, and 28 demonstrators were charged. [25]
25 July 2024  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center. Protesters recreated an Israeli bombardment of Gaza. [26]
5 October 2024  Berlin ? Demonstration and march through the city center. [27]
5 October 2024  Düsseldorf 500 Demonstration and march through the city center. [28]
6 October 2024  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center. [29][30]
6 October 2024  Hamburg 950 Demonstration in the city center in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. [30]
7 October 2024  Frankfurt ? Demonstration in the city center despite the city's ban of the protest. [31]
23 November 2024  Berlin 500 Demonstration at Leopold Square in Wedding. [32]

2025

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
13 January 2025  Bielefeld 1 Disruption of Chancellor Scholz's campaign speech. [33]
5 February 2025  Berlin ? Demonstration at Potsdamer Platz in protest of Trump's Gaza plan. [34]
15 February 2025  Munich ? Demonstration outside Munich Security Conference as part of a larger protest against NATO. [35]
16 April 2025  Berlin 40-60 Occupation of a building at the Humboldt University in Berlin and support demonstration outside. Ended with police intervention. Five protesters were arrested, four being at risk of being deported. [36]
15 May 2025  Berlin 1,100 Demonstration in Kreuzberg to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Nakba and to protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza. Ended with police intervention. Over 50 protesters were arrested. Several protesters and police officers were injured. [37]
24 May 2025  Berlin 1,000 Demonstration at Oranienplatz. [38]
30 August 2025  Frankfurt 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [39]
10 September 2025  Berlin 200 Demonstration in Mitte district. Ended with police intervention. Eight protesters were arrested. A protester, a member of the Irish Bloc Berlin, was assaulted by the police, being punched in the face and having an arm broken by an officer. The incident was later condemned by the Irish Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. [40][41]
13 September 2025  Berlin 20,000 Demonstration and march through the city center, demanding to an end of the genocide in Gaza. Over video, Roger Waters addressed the crowd saying "The vast, vast majority of ordinary people all over the globe are demanding an end to the unspeakable crime that Israel is committing". [42][43]
27 September 2025  Berlin 60,000–100,000 Demonstration and march from Berlin's City Hall towards a rally at the Grosser Stern. Protesters called for an end to military cooperation with Israel. [44][45][46]
2 October 2025 Germany Multiple ? 51 demonstrations in 38 German cities calling for an end to the ongoing Israeli offensive in Palestine. [47]
2 October 2025  Berlin ? Demonstration outside the Foreign Ministry. Four protesters were arrested for defacing a wall of the ministry with red paint. [48]
3 October 2025  Saarbrücken ? Demonstration in the city center. [49]
7 October 2025  Berlin ? Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. [50]
11 October 2025  Berlin 5,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [51]
7 November 2025  Hamburg 40 Blocking of the Port of Hamburg for several hours. Protesters chained themselves to railway tracks in protest of the government's arms exports to Israel. [52]
8 November 2025  Hamburg 2,000 Demonstration and march through the city center. [53]
11 November 2025  Munich ? Demonstration during Fenerbahce v Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball match. Protesters held a large banner reading "can't play ball on rubble". [54]
13 November 2025  Berlin 6 Occupation of the roof of the Brandenburg Gate. The protesters unfurled a banner calling for an end to German support for Israel. Ended with police intervention. Six protesters were arrested. [55]

2026

Date City/town Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)
17 January 2026  Leipzig 1,400 Anti-fascist and anti-Zionist demonstration. [56][57]
7 March 2026  Berlin 1 Disruption of a speech by Chancellor Merz. The protester held a sign with the message "Yes to international law, Never again Staatsräson (raison d’etat), Long live Palestine" and chanted slogans in support of the Palestine. Merz responded that "we stand with Israel". [58][59]
25 March 2026  Berlin 4 Occupation of the roof of the Rheinmetall arms factory in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen. Ended with police intervention. [60]
28 March 2026  Berlin ? Demonstration at the Potsdamer Square to protest against the US and Israeli attacks on Palestine, Iran and Lebanon, as part of the Palestinian Land Day commemorations. [61]
5 April 2026  Berlin 500-700 Demonstration and march through the city center in solidarity with Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Sudan. [62]
6 April 2026  Osnabrück ? Demonstration in the city center against Volkswagen's plan to produce weapons and military equipment for Israel. [63]
8 April 2026  Berlin ? Demonstration at Alexanderplatz in protest of Israel's death penalty law against Palestinians. [64]
10 April 2026  Berlin 7 Blocking of the entrance to the Rheinmetall weapons factory. Ended with police intervention. The protesters were detained. [65][66]
15 May 2026  Halle (Saale) 50 Demonstration at Leipzig Tower in Halle (Saale) to commemorate the Nakba and the protestors demanded the government to recognise Palestine as a state, accused of Israel of genocide as well as calling for an academic boycott against Israel. [67]
16 May 2026  Berlin 2,000 Demonstration in Kreuzberg, Berlin to commemorate the Nakba. The organizers stated that at least 30 people were injured and 15 protestors were temporarily detained by police. [68]
16 May 2026  Hamburg 1,100 Demonstration in the city center to commemorate the Nakba. [69]
13 July 2026  Berlin 40 Around 40 protestors, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, gathered and glued themselves outside of the Rheinmetall AG's office, accusing the company of complicity in the genocide in Gaza and to protest against Rheinmetall's defense contractor's arms contracts with Israel. [70]

See also

References

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