Will Germany ban upside down red triangles used by Hamas in its videos?

The Berlin House of Representatives voted to ban the inverted red triangle that Al-Qassam Brigades use to mark “Israeli” vehicles and soldiers in their videos documenting the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip.

The motion is now set to head to the Berlin senate, in anticipation of a nationwide ban of the symbol.

Green and Left parties abstained from voting, while it was backed by The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) factions. 

The motion calls on the senate of Berlin to work at a federal level to ban the symbol in the entirety of Germany, with the aim of “preventing the symbol from being visible to the public and to ensure that its use is punishable in the context of the Middle East conflict and Hamas” – according to German news website Welt. 

The Berlin Senate was also called to “prohibit the use of this symbol” in any public assembly as it represents a “direct threat to the people.”