Hamas leadership as a festival marking the group’s 31st anniversary. Photo: Hamas.

JNS.org – The German government has agreed to ban the Hamas flag, following a number of antisemitic incidents at anti-Israel rallies in the country last month, Deutsche Welle reported on Sunday.

The proposal was an initiative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), according to the report. The center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) had initially raised constitutional concerns regarding the proposal, but later backed the initiative.

Deputy parliamentary spokesman for the CDU Thorsten Frei called the move “a clear signal to our Jewish citizens.”

During “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” the 11 days of fighting last month between Israel and terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, demonstrations throughout Germany were marred by antisemitic slurs and attacks on synagogues.