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Introduction by GA: In the following short comment, Dr. Gabi Weber, one of the most important pro Palestinian activists in Europe,  explains why she decided to appeal to the German Administrative court against Freiburg University. This is a very important court case and Dr. Weber deserves our attention and  support.

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Motto of the University of Freiburg, "Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen" (The Truth Will Set You Free - John 8,32) University Building, West Side

 THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE?

By Dr. Gabi Weber


I was brought up in a country that believed itself to be open and tolerant. Indeed after the Second World War Germany undertook to transform guilt into responsibility.

For me, it was always clear that our commitment to those "inviolable and inalienable human rights(1)" as well as freedom of speech (2), were the most precious values and lessons to be drawn from our problematic past.

This is why, three months ago, I was dismayed to discover that Freiburg University, one of our oldest German universities, banned an event hosting renowned Paris University Professor Christophe Oberlin who was scheduled to talk about plastic surgery in Gaza.

Freiburg University hosts all kinds of political events, especially and regularly events organized by notorious Israeli Hasbara outlets such as the German Israeli Society and the Zionist Anti-Deutsche. And, if this is not enough, invitations to German Israeli Society events are often publicised by the university, its official bodies and its departments.

But for some reason, for Freiburg University, freedom of speech and tolerance seems to end when it comes to the plight of the Palestinian people. The same university, which provides a platform for the  German Israeli Society and the Zionist Anti-Deutsche will not provide a platform for Freiburg Cafe Palestine - a humanitarian non-political organization dedicated to the suffering of the Palestinian. In fact, the same university banned Cafe Palestine’s event hosting a prestigious French academic.


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