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Germany Deports Convicted Palestinian Terrorist Rasmea Odeh, Cancels BDS Event After Outcry

Emily Zanotti

After a strongly worded statement from United States Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, the German government has disallowed a planned anti-Semitic “Boycott, Divestment, Sanction” event in Berlin, and expelled its headline speaker, convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh.

The Jerusalem Post reports that the German government and the Berlin Department for the Interior responded quickly to international outcy following the announcement that Odeh was set to speak at a “Palestinian Women in the Liberation Struggle” in the country’s capital city, even after initially pledging to allow the event to go forward.

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