Frankfurt. Around 500 people demonstrate in Frankfurt on the occasion of the Al-Kuds Day. According to the police, significantly less than the 1300 people announced in the rally. The event was peaceful and without incidents by the afternoon, a spokeswoman said. After the city initially prohibited the meeting, the administrative court declared the prohibition on Friday for illegal. Israel – still extremely critical and welcomed it if the administrative court had shared this assessment. ” The background to the al-Kuds tag is the occupation of East Jerusalem by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. Al-Kuds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem. At the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Tehran calls for the conquest of Jerusalem every year. The Frankfurt meeting authority had banned the rally on Thursday. The decision was justified with the “high probability” that the assembly “serves as an openly visible sign of Israel -related anti -Semitism” and public security was immediately at risk. In contrast, the organizers had submitted an urgent application to the administrative court. The court agreed on the grounds that the city calculates with anti -Semitic and anti -Israel statements below the penalty limit, but this does not matter in terms of freedom of expression that is guaranteed under constitutional law. The freedom of assembly also benefits “dissenting minorities”. (dpa)
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