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Around 150 people gathered to show their solidarity with Israel and condemn the attacks by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, at Sderotplatz in Berlin's Zehlendorf locality on Sunday.

Protesters could be seen holding Israeli flags and signs attacking Hamas, with the demo, which was organised by the organised by the German-Israeli Society Berlin Brandenburg, also intended to condemn anti-Semitic tensions during protests in Germany in the past few days.

Some demonstrators said that they are shocked by the images currently circulating in the media, showing demonstrations where participants were chanting openly anti-Semitic slogans.

"I'm shocked that is possible to march through the street in Germany and call for the destruction of Israel and I find so sad especially with our history," commented Christina, a protester.

The Israeli envoy Aaron Sagui also spoke at the event and complained that "we have had now ten Israelis dead in this operation" which he said was "much less than our enemy had" but that "people are blaming us for that."

"What's disproportional is the way we defend and cherish life and the way they cherish death and bloodshed," he added.

Hostilities broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants at the start of the week amid unrest over the planned evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, as well as repeated clashes between worshippers and Israeli police at the al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, during Ramadan.

While the Israeli military and militant groups in Gaza have exchanged air strikes and rocket fire, intercommunal violence has also broken out in Israeli cities, particularly those with mixed populations, with protests in the West Bank also frequently resulting in clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian protesters.

Since the start of the outbreak of violence, which is the worst since 2014, over 190 Palestinians, including at least 52 children, have been killed, while ten Israelis, among them two children, have died.
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SOT, Aaron Sagui, Israeli envoy at Berlin embassy: "Because what can we do, I mean we defend our lives and not only that but we defend our citizens, we defend our soldiers, and you know, we have, we have had now ten Israelis dead in this operation, war, you call it however you want, and much less than our enemy had, and the people are blaming us for that."

SOT, Aaron Sagui, Israeli envoy at Berlin embassy: "We won't apologise for defending our citizens and our soldiers, and defending our lives, we won't. But I will tell you something, and I tell you what is disproportional in this ways and always, what's disproportional is the way we defend and cherish life and the way they cherish death and bloodshed."

SOT, Helmut Kraus, Protester (German): "That is nothing different that anti-Semitism what you are seeing in those demonstrations and there is no tolerance anymore, there are either winners or losers, and that you can live together in this country we have witnessed in 1998, during a time which was quite peaceful, and it should be possible that both side can live together in one country."

SOT, Christina, Protester (German): "I'm shocked that is possible to march through the street in Germany and call for the destruction of Israel and I find so sad especially with our history"

SOT, Christina, Protester (German): "The German chancellor said that the safety of Israel is a German matter of state and I think we should stick with it, and not just talk about it but become active.''

SOT, Protester (German): "What starts with Jews rarely stop with Jews and I am trans and yes, anti-Semitism, transphobia, and Jewish persecution go hand in hand."

SOT, Protester (German): "Those pictures [from the last few days of protests] are extremely shocking and it can't be said differently, they remind of 1938.''
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