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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Acquire Licensing Rights
BERLIN, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Germany will from Thursday ban the activities of Hamas, already a designated terrorist organisation in the country, as well as pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, the interior minister announced on Thursday.
“With Hamas, I have today completely banned the activities of a terrorist organisation whose aim is to destroy the state of Israel,” Nancy Faeser said in a statement.
Samidoun’s German wing will also be disbanded, it added. Faeser said the international network works under the guise of a solidarity group for prisoners to spread anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda.
(This story has been corrected to change the day to Thursday, from Wednesday, in paragraph 1)
Writing by Rachel More; editing by Matthias Williams
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