Opinion: How Germany's left has failed Palestinians

In recent weeks, millions of people have taken to the streets in cities across Germany to demonstrate against the far right, and specifically against the Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party. 

The protests followed revelations by an investigative media outlet that far-right politicians held a secret meeting with well-known neo-Nazis in November, where they discussed a plan for the mass deportation of foreigners and Germans deemed not to be German enough.

While the protests are welcome, what has been glaringly absent from many demonstrations is a clear expression of solidarity with those currently most targeted by racism: people of colour standing in solidarity with Palestinians. 

While one protest callout specifically listed antisemitism as a form of racism, it did not mention Islamophobia, despite the fact that Muslims, together with Black and brown migrants, are the main targets of the AfD, which is also staunchly pro-Israel. 

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