No Quds-Day in Berlin!

Like in the last years, the Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin again supports the activities against the antisemitic "Quds-March".

The "Quds day” (Quds=Jerusalem in Arabic) is an Iranian national holiday for the destruction of Israel. The "Quds-Day" was introduced in 1979 by Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian revolution. To this day, this central aim (the destruction of Israel) of the regime has not changed. In Iran, mass ralleys are organized by the Iranian regime, and slogans are "death to Israel" and "death to the United States".

In Berlin, circles close to the Iranian regime are organizing a Berlin version of the "Quds-March". The demonstration takes place in Berlin on June 9.

It is inapprehensable that it is possible to march for the destruction of the largest Jewish community in the world - Israel - in the midst of Berlin.

Two demonstrations will take place organized against the Quds-march in Berlin and one in Hamburg, against anti-Semitic, and homophobic Islamist rallies and propaganda and call for solidarity with Israel, the Iranian freedom movement and democratic forces in the Middle East.

The Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin supports all alliances groups and calls upon everyone, to participate and support the demonstrations against the Quds-March. 

"Antifascist Berlin Alliance against the Al Quds-Day" organizes a demonstration: "Against Antisemitism – No Quds-March 2018 in Berlin!"
When: Saturday, 9 June 2018, start: 12:00 a.m.
Where: U-Bahnhof Wilmersdorfer Straße | Wilmersdorfer Straße / Kantstraße (Berlin-Charlottenburg)
Further Information here.

"Alliance against the Quds-March": Demonstration: Together against antisemitism, Islamism and Homophobia  - Solidarity with Israel and the Iranian Movement for Democracy!
When: Saturday, 9 June 2018, Start: 1:30 p.m., U-Bahnhof Nollendorfplatz (Berlin-Schöneberg)
Further Information here.

Young Forum of the German-Israeli Friendship Association Hamburg organizes a Ralley: No Al-Quds-Day in Hamburg!
When: Sunday, 10 June, Start: 4:30 p.m.
Where: In front of the Islamic Center Hamburg, Schöne Aussicht 36, 22085 Hamburg
Further Information here.

You can find media reports on this webpage (on the right) and videos of the speeches (belows).

• Mike Delberg - Bündnis gegen den Quds-Marsch: Begrüßung
• Arne Herz (stellvertretender Bezirksbürgermeister Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)
• Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh (Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin)
• Petra Pau (Vizepräsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages, DIE LINKE)
• Andreas Geisel (Senator für Inneres und Sport in Berlin, SPD)
• Dr. Felix Klein (Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für jüdisches Leben in Deutschland und den Kampf gegen Antisemitismus)
• Bijan Djir-Sarai (MdB, FDP)
• Jeremy Issacharoff (Botschafter des Staates Israel in Deutschland)
• Richard Grenell (Botschafter der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Deutschland)
• Ali Ertan Toprak (Kurdische Gemeinde Deutschland)
• Burkard Dregger (Vorsitzender der CDU-Fraktion im Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin)
• Pazit Schraga (Jüdisches Forum für Demokratie und gegen Antisemitismus)
• Ulrich Keßler (Lesben- und Schwulenverband Berlin-Brandenburg)
• Gideon Joffe (Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin)
• Maya Zehden (Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft Berlin-Brandenburg)
• Ricarda Lang (Bundessprecherin GRÜNE JUGEND)

Speech of Mike Delberg - Welcome

Speech of Arne Herz, stellvertretender Bezirksbürgermeister von Berlin-Charlottenburg

Speech of Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh

Speech of Petra Pau

Speech of Andreas Geisel, Innensenator Berlin

Speech of Dr. Felix Klein

Speech of Bijan Djir-Sarai

Speech of Jeremy Issacharoff, Ambassador of Israel in Germany

Speech of Richard Grenell, Ambassador of the United States in Germany

Speech of Ali Ertan Toprak, Kurdish Community in Germany

Speech of Burkard Dregger

Speech of Ulrich Kessler, LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg

Speech of Gideon Joffe

Speech of Maya Zehden

Speech of Ricarda Lang, Bundessprecherin Grüne Jugend