The Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution called the boycott movement "a proven extremist endeavor" in its annual report
(May 21, 2025 / JNS) The Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which collects intelligence on extremist groups and reports to the German Interior Ministry, on Tuesday denounced the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as “hostile to the constitution.”
Berlin’s BDS chapter was listed for the first time as a “proven extremist endeavor hostile to the constitution,” the office said as it announced its annual report on threats to the free democratic basic order and the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as its states.
The conclusion came after gathering info on “the anti-constitutional ideology of the BDS campaign, which denies Israel’s right to exist, as well as its central role within Berlin’s anti-Israel scene,” the office said.