From New York, this is Democracy Now.

German police proved beyond the reason of without by bursting in and interrupting the

live stream grabbing the microphone ending that magnificent Congress that

fascism does not need to win government in order to be in power.

As the official death toll in Gaza nears 34,000, Germany's intensifying its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices.

On Friday, Berlin Police raided and shut down a three-day Palestine Congress just minutes after

it began.

We'll speak with former Greek finance minister Janice Varifakis,

who was barred from entering Germany

and banned from addressing the conference

which his organization DM 25 helped organize.

Then we'll talk to Palestinian journalist Dahlia Hutuka, who says Western media coverage of Israel's war in Gaza has helped Israel avoid growing

calls for a ceasefire.

This could not have been achieved without the complicity unfortunately of Western

journalists across Europe and the US who have manufactured consent for

their government's unconditional support of Israel by uncritically parroting Israeli military

disinformation and outright propaganda. We'll also talk to Dahlia Hatuka

about increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

All that and more coming in.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.

The War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

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