(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, OCT 4 - Germany's domestic intelligence
chief warned Friday that the anniversary of the October 7 attack
by Hamas on Israel could be a "trigger event" for unrest. Next
Monday marks one year since the attack by the Palestinian
Islamist militant group that sparked Israel's invasion of Gaza
and conflict with Hamas allies in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere.
Middle East turmoil tends to spark reactions in Germany, warned
Thomas Haldenwang, chief of the Federal Office for the
Protection of the Constitution (BfV). Anti-Semitism and
hostility towards Israel are a "connecting element" between
Islamists, pro-Palestinian extremists and other radical groups
on the far right and far left, he said. "The anniversary could
be a trigger event for large parts of the protest spectrum," he
said, warning of a "great potential for emotionalisation,
polarisation and radicalisation". Aside from official
commemorations of the October 7 attack, a number of
pro-Palestinian demonstrations are planned in Germany at the
weekend and on Monday. (ANSA-AFP).
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