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German police blockedÌýa vigil meant to take place in Berlin on Friday toÌýcommemorateÌýPalestinian journalist ,Ìýwho was killed by Ìýas she reported in the occupied West Bank earlier this week.

Pro-Palestine Jewish organisation Jüdische StimmeÌýarranged the Friday vigil for Al Jazeera's Abu Akleh, only to be informed by police that their commemoration was prohibited.

It comes amid a ban by local police on several other pro-Palestine demonstrations leading up to 15 May, when Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day toÌýrememberÌýthe hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homesÌýfor theÌýcreation of the Israeli state in 1948.

In addition to Friday's vigil for Abu Akleh, five pro-Palestine demonstrations that were supposed to take place in Berlin this weekend have also been blocked.

In response to questions about the ban,ÌýBerlin police referredÌý°®ÂþµºÌýto a statement it released on 12 May.

"After evaluating all circumstances and findings and weighing up all interests...Ìýthe Berlin police today banned several assemblies reported for the coming days, as well as the holding of any replacement event in Berlin until May 15, 2022," the read.

Listing five Nakba Day demonstrations, theÌýpolice said an examination showed there was anÌý"immediate risk" of "inflammatory, anti-Semitic exclamations" and "glorification of violence", among other issues.

The police told °®Âþµº:Ìý"All alternative demonstrations are also included by the ban. The vigil for Shireen Abu Akleh... isÌýconsidered by us to be an alternative demonstration."

The police saidÌý"alternative demonstrations" wereÌýany events they considered to be replacements for the banned rallies.

Jüdische Stimme chair Wieland Hoban told Al Jazeera:Ìý"The Berlin Senate wants to prevent Palestine solidarity as much as it can."

In April, German news outlets said Jews had faced antisemitic abuse in Berlin during a pro-Palestine demonstration.

Hoban said: "They'll take a handful of teenagers saying anti-Semitic things and use that to discredit thousands of people who want to demonstrate peacefully."

AÌýNakba commemoration event plannedÌýby Palestinian organisation Palestine Speaks was among thoseÌýblockedÌýby the police.

"This is an act of repressive violence against Palestinian people in Berlin," Nizar Haddad of Palestine Speaks said of the ban.

"We have never faced this level of repression before. It's really a new level of authoritarian state measures against minorities."

Israeli forces attacked a funeral procession for in Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers first raided the hospital where her body was rested and then prevented mourners from following the coffin. Israeli assaults on mourners almost caused the casket to topple over.

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Palestine Speaks appealed against the police's decision, butÌýthis was deniedÌýon Friday.

Rallies during previous weeks and in 2021 saw fireworks lit and stones and bottles hurled at officers, according toÌýthe Berlin Administrative Court, which foundÌýthis meantÌýconcern that there could be violence from protesters was reasonable.

Another consideration was the "high degree of mobilisation" anticipated surrounding Nakba Day, which saw more thanÌý10,000 demonstators gather in Berlin in 2021.

Palestine Speaks will now elevate the matterÌýto the city's Upper Administrative Court.

The organisationÌýdid not ask anyone to violate the prohibition, worried that officersÌýcould use violence, according to Haddad.

Authorities standÌýready to implement the prohibitionÌýandÌýeject anyone who comes to demonstrate, Berlin police spokesperson Heidi Vogt said.

Many Palestinians and supporters ofÌýÌýhave long complained Germany'sÌýinstitutional and media climate isÌýhostile to them and their activism.