٠٠:٠٥:٠١Around 150 protesters gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday to show their solidarity with Israel following the Iranian ballistic missile attack.
Demonstrators are seen waving Israeli flags as they denounce antisemitism amid increased international condemnation of Israel's war on Gaza and recent escalations with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The German-Israeli Society organised the demonstration to demand more decisive support and increased arms exports from the federal government.
Volker Beck, a German politician and pro-Israel activist, said Berlin's current policy on Iran' has failed.'
"You always thought Iran could be appeased by trading with it economically. We have seen that Iran is incalculable, and the assumption that it would only attack via its proxies, i.e. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the forces in Iraq, but leave Israel itself alone, has been thoroughly falsified." Beck said.
"You can see that if Iran continues to use military force If Iran continues to have the military power, it is a constant threat to stability in the region and to Israel's existence."
Beck added that the war 'will only be over' when Hamas and Hezbollah are no longer able to endanger Israel.
Israeli ambassador, Ron Prosor, slammed Germany's recent abstention in the United Nations General Assembly at the rally, saying that he expected 'clear language' from Berlin. A resolution was passed calling for Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.
"With the Iranian attack, it is now yet another aggressor that has attacked this country. This makes me all the more concerned about whether Israel can continue to withstand this," one protester said.
"As they have repeated, if somebody attacked them, they would not leave it without answer, and Israel has the right to defend itself. So we will see, and they will answer it in proper time," added a second.
On Tuesday, Iran launched a wave of missile attacks on Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
The region has seen a dramatic surge in violence after Israel widened its military operations, launching air strikes against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen alongside a ground invasion across the Lebanese border. More than 1 million people in Lebanon have been forced to flee the fighting.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in mid-September after a series of explosions of wireless communications devices used by Hezbollah left dozens dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.
Lebanese and Palestinian factions have been exchanging cross-border shelling with Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
'Israel has the right to defend itself!' - Protesters rally in Berlin to condemn Iran missile attack
Around 150 protesters gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday to show their solidarity with Israel following the Iranian ballistic missile attack.
Demonstrators are seen waving Israeli flags as they denounce antisemitism amid increased international condemnation of Israel's war on Gaza and recent escalations with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The German-Israeli Society organised the demonstration to demand more decisive support and increased arms exports from the federal government.
Volker Beck, a German politician and pro-Israel activist, said Berlin's current policy on Iran' has failed.'
"You always thought Iran could be appeased by trading with it economically. We have seen that Iran is incalculable, and the assumption that it would only attack via its proxies, i.e. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the forces in Iraq, but leave Israel itself alone, has been thoroughly falsified." Beck said.
"You can see that if Iran continues to use military force If Iran continues to have the military power, it is a constant threat to stability in the region and to Israel's existence."
Beck added that the war 'will only be over' when Hamas and Hezbollah are no longer able to endanger Israel.
Israeli ambassador, Ron Prosor, slammed Germany's recent abstention in the United Nations General Assembly at the rally, saying that he expected 'clear language' from Berlin. A resolution was passed calling for Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.
"With the Iranian attack, it is now yet another aggressor that has attacked this country. This makes me all the more concerned about whether Israel can continue to withstand this," one protester said.
"As they have repeated, if somebody attacked them, they would not leave it without answer, and Israel has the right to defend itself. So we will see, and they will answer it in proper time," added a second.
On Tuesday, Iran launched a wave of missile attacks on Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
The region has seen a dramatic surge in violence after Israel widened its military operations, launching air strikes against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen alongside a ground invasion across the Lebanese border. More than 1 million people in Lebanon have been forced to flee the fighting.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in mid-September after a series of explosions of wireless communications devices used by Hezbollah left dozens dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.
Lebanese and Palestinian factions have been exchanging cross-border shelling with Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Around 150 protesters gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday to show their solidarity with Israel following the Iranian ballistic missile attack.
Demonstrators are seen waving Israeli flags as they denounce antisemitism amid increased international condemnation of Israel's war on Gaza and recent escalations with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The German-Israeli Society organised the demonstration to demand more decisive support and increased arms exports from the federal government.
Volker Beck, a German politician and pro-Israel activist, said Berlin's current policy on Iran' has failed.'
"You always thought Iran could be appeased by trading with it economically. We have seen that Iran is incalculable, and the assumption that it would only attack via its proxies, i.e. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the forces in Iraq, but leave Israel itself alone, has been thoroughly falsified." Beck said.
"You can see that if Iran continues to use military force If Iran continues to have the military power, it is a constant threat to stability in the region and to Israel's existence."
Beck added that the war 'will only be over' when Hamas and Hezbollah are no longer able to endanger Israel.
Israeli ambassador, Ron Prosor, slammed Germany's recent abstention in the United Nations General Assembly at the rally, saying that he expected 'clear language' from Berlin. A resolution was passed calling for Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories.
"With the Iranian attack, it is now yet another aggressor that has attacked this country. This makes me all the more concerned about whether Israel can continue to withstand this," one protester said.
"As they have repeated, if somebody attacked them, they would not leave it without answer, and Israel has the right to defend itself. So we will see, and they will answer it in proper time," added a second.
On Tuesday, Iran launched a wave of missile attacks on Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
The region has seen a dramatic surge in violence after Israel widened its military operations, launching air strikes against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen alongside a ground invasion across the Lebanese border. More than 1 million people in Lebanon have been forced to flee the fighting.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalated in mid-September after a series of explosions of wireless communications devices used by Hezbollah left dozens dead and thousands injured. Hezbollah responded by launching hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.
Lebanese and Palestinian factions have been exchanging cross-border shelling with Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.