A German court has ruled that a Nazi concentration camp memorial has the right to refuse entry to those wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.

The higher administrative court in the eastern state of Thuringia on Wednesday rejected a request from a woman to be allowed entry to the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial while wearing a keffiyeh.

“It is unquestionable that this would endanger the sense of security of many Jews, especially at this site,” the court said.

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    4 days ago

    Ah yes - in a memorial remembering genocide, let’s prohibit symbols of protest against a current genocide

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        Puts on the genocidology hat

        “You see they are not killing using organized industrial means, so it can’t be a genocide. If the killing is done by randomly shooting and bombing civilians it’s just a sparkling massacre”