A German court has allowed a pro-Palestinian group to set up a 'Bridges of Resistance' encampment in Hamburg's Moorweide park, a site where more than 1,000 Jews were deported by the Nazis in 1941. The camp, running from May 9 to Saturday, commemorates the displacement of Palestinians during the establishment of Israel in 1948 and will conclude with a march to Hamburg's port.

The location sparked strong objections from members of Hamburg's Jewish community, who called it a mockery of Holocaust victims. The city's chief rabbi and other community leaders urged authorities to intervene. However, the Higher Administrative Court ruled that the encampment did not pose sufficient risk of antisemitic incidents to justify a ban, noting that it is set up in a different section of the park from the designated memorial site.

Organizers said the location was chosen deliberately to highlight what they described as historical continuities of displacement. The encampment features tents, lectures and workshops on Palestinian history, boycotts against Israel and Germany's role in arms exports. Counterprotesters have also gathered at the site, while debate continues in Germany over the limits of protest at Holocaust remembrance locations.