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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

PEGIDA Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the Occident

Far right demonstrators shout during a demonstration in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man last week, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq. (AP /Jens Meyer)
September 14, 2018, 11:51 pm
Jail time for German protester who gave Nazi salute at Chemnitz
Man gets 5-month sentence due to previous violent acts; a second man received a suspended sentence a day earlier for giving the banned salute during anti-immigrant protests
By AFP
Hans Albers, representative of the civil society, Ludger Volmer, former spokesman of the Greens, Bernd Stegemann, author and dramaturge, Simone Lange, Mayor of Flensburg and Sahra Wagenknecht of the far-left Die Linke party attend a press conference on the new left-wing cross-party political grouping "Stand up" (Aufstehen) in Berlin on September 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)
September 5, 2018, 9:38 am
German leftist ‘Stand Up’ movement vows to win back far-right voters
Alliance, launched a week after violent far-right protests in Chemnitz, is compared by some to those of Bernie Sanders in the US and the UK’s Jeremy Corbyn
By Frank Zeller
Illustrative: Demonstrators crowd around a water cannon of the police during a protest organised by the right-wing populist 'Pro Chemnitz' movement, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the anti-Islam Pegida movement, on September 1, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. (AFP/John MacDougall)
September 2, 2018, 3:57 am
German police shut down rally meant to launch far-right movement
Some 4,500 from three anti-migrant groups march in Chemnitz as similar number of counter-protesters attempt to block them
By Adam Pemble and Kirsten Grieshaber
Illustrative: Demonstrators hold flags of Germany during a protest organised by the right-wing populist 'Pro Chemnitz' movement, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the anti-Islam Pegida movement, on September 1, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. (AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL
September 1, 2018, 11:45 pm
Thousands protest for and against migrants in tense German town
Demonstrators in Chemnitz parade with portraits of victims of attacks they claim were perpetrated by asylum-seekers, while others brandish banners reading ‘Heart rather than hate’
By AFP
A woman knees in front of candles and flowers at the scene of an altercation in Chemnitz, Germany, August 31, 2018 (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
September 1, 2018, 8:10 am
German mayor seeks to reassure foreign students after far-right violence
Killing of German man in Chemnitz and the unrest that followed have reignited debate over decision three years ago to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees into country
By Frank Jordans
People gather for a far-right demonstration in Chemnitz, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (AP/Jens Meyer)
August 31, 2018, 4:57 am
In Germany’s far-right hotbed, fewer migrants but more fears
Extremists in Saxony are accused of using slaying in Chemnitz to rile up region where anti-migrant sentiment has long outpaced the actual number of foreigners
By Frank Jordans
Riot police cross the street as a city festival is cancelled on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national dies in hospital following a 'dispute between several people of different nationalities,' according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)
August 29, 2018, 9:04 pm
Saxony police under fire after German far-right mob violence
Officers said to leak secret information to extremist groups, helping spark ‘pogrom-like’ protest in Chemnitz where extremists hunted down immigrants in the streets
By Frank Zeller
Illustrative: Right wing demonstrators light flares on August 27, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
August 28, 2018, 6:22 pm
Germans alarmed by ‘pogrom’ mentality after far-right riots
Berlin offers to send reinforcements following two days of violent marches against migrants in eastern city of Chemnitz
By Frank Jordans
Riot Police confront right wing protesters on August 27, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, following the death of a 35-year-old German national who died in hospital after a "dispute between several people of different nationalities", according to the police. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Sebastian Willnow)
August 28, 2018, 9:49 am
Ex-communist East Germany a hotbed for racist hate crime
Frustration at mass refugee influx exacerbating far-right sentiment, sparking wave of xenophobic violence
By AFP
Riot police following the cancellation of a city festival on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national died in the hospital following a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)
August 27, 2018, 4:47 pm
Merkel condemns ‘hunting down’ of foreigners as far-right calls new protest
Counter-demonstration also announced following riot in Chemnitz over killing of German national by ‘several people of different nationalities’
By Hui Min NEO
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to a meeting on the second day of a summit of European Union (EU) leaders at the European Council headquarter in Bruxelles, on March 23, 2018. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)
March 23, 2018, 3:59 pm
Anti-Islam protest with funeral candles at Merkel’s office
Hours after an Afghan is jailed for rape and murder of 19-year-old, photos of four young women thought killed by asylum seekers left as message for chancellor
By AFP
Seyran Ates (r), founder of the Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque, preaches during the opening of the mosque in Berlin, Germany, on June 16, 2017. (AP/Michael Sohn)
February 16, 2018, 10:57 am
German Turks to sue far-right party over ‘camel drivers’ slur
Anti-immigration Alternative for Germany under pressure after lawmaker says Turkish minority should ‘go back to where they belong’
By Frank Zeller
Illustrative: Supporters of the Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) take part in a protest against German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her immigration policy on October 3, 2016 in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Odd Andersen/AFP)
January 6, 2018, 3:08 pm
Dutch anti-Islam group to march on anniversary of anti-Nazi strike
Liberal lawmaker calls on Pegida to ‘pick another date when Amsterdam does not commemorate those who fought for tolerance during World War II’
By JTA
Illustrative image of a woman with a headscarf walking past the entrance to the Fatih Camii Mosque in Dresden, eastern Germany, where traces of smoke can be seen after a bomb attack, September 27, 2016. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/AFP)
December 9, 2016, 12:22 pm
German police detain suspect in Dresden mosque attack
29-year-old linked to xenophobic PEGIDA movement had railed against ‘criminal foreigners’ and ‘lazy Africans’
By AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles after addressing delegates during her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's congress in Essen, western Germany, on December 6, 2016. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
December 6, 2016, 5:49 pm
Facing reelection, Merkel calls for Muslim veil ban
German leader launches campaign by defying anti-immigration populists, but talks tough on integration
By Hui Min NEO
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