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“It didn't start on October 7th” - Discussion, followed by excerpts from “The Reason of State”
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6. Oktober 2024
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Join us for our next event “It didn't start on October 7th”
🗓 Sunday, October 6, 2024
⌚️ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
📍Oyoun
🎟️ Free entry (donation based)
It is now 1 year since the events of October 7th, 2023. According to official figures, over 41,000 Gazans, including 16,500 children, have been killed by Israeli soldiers in the last 12 months. The real figures are clearly much higher, as thousands of unidentified bodies lie beneath the rubble, unable to be counted or mourned.
After targeted bombings of schools and universities, mosques, water infrastructures, cultural centers, and hospitals in Gaza, Israel has now extended its war to the West Bank, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon.
Germany’s slavish support for Israel did not start on October 7th. The current repression follows years of demonstration bans, arms shipments, and cancellations of artists and academics. But in the past year, attacks in Germany on Palestinians and their supporters have intensified.
Palestinian activist Ramsy Kilani will look at the military aspect, lawyer Alexander Gorski at the legal aspect, and Palestinian artist Ghayath Almadhoun will look at the cultural aspect.
Following the discussion, we will be showing pre-release extracts from “The Reason of State”, a documentary film investigating Germany’s war on Palestinian voices by journalists Hebh Jamal and Tom Wills