Around 70 people expressed their solidarity with Palestine in downtown Frankfurt on Saturday afternoon.

The police carefully accompanied the elevator that led from the Taunusanlage to the main station.

Also, in order to be able to intervene immediately, the meeting on the subject, as recently in Berlin, should escalate.

However, there were no incidents, as the police confirmed when asked.

Regardless of the official speeches, no anti-Semitic statements were reported.

An activist who led the demonstration repeatedly referred to the current situation in Palestine and called for an end to the violence.

With the rally you want to show "solidarity".

In her opinion, the situation in Palestine is given too little consideration in the eyes of the outside world.

Catherine Iskandar

Responsible editor for the "Rhein-Main" department of the Sunday newspaper.

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The Jewish community had previously sharply criticized the demonstration, saying that the gathering, under the motto "Together we are stronger," was intended to call for the annihilation of Israel.

The pro-Palestinian demonstration is "an example of announced anti-Semitism in our city".

It is not about solidarity with the Palestinian people, but "a hate event with anti-Semitic hate speech", which is already evident in the demonstration call "From the river to the sea".

The Jewish community finally demanded that the assembly be banned.

The Hessian anti-Semitism officer Uwe Becker (CDU) had previously described the gathering as a "hate demonstration" and an "extermination march".

He also called for the demonstration to be banned and said that under the guise of a so-called 'peaceful sign of solidarity', hate speech is being spread and Israel is being accused of racism, apartheid and colonialism. But according to the police in Frankfurt, this was not said on Saturday.