Hain questions extremism Violence, Hamas and funding

Oct 5

In Hain’s complete second-round slot, Selen warns of action-oriented left-wing networks reaching into climate and Gaza protests, international links, targeted energy and defence-sector actions, and willingness to risk injury. He cites Switch Off, Angry Birds and Vulkan groups and reports a 39% increase in the crime-and-violence figures he discusses between 2024 and 2025, while locating party contacts mainly at local rather than nationwide level. On antisemitism, he says Gaza catalyzed links between dogmatic left and foreign-linked extremist structures, distinguishes autonomist pro-Israel positions and identifies PFLP and Young Struggle links. On finance, he describes Hamas and PKK local fundraising, humanitarian-donation cover, hawala and digital payments such as Bitcoin; he says Germany is increasingly an operational arena for Hamas, including possible killing operations. Asked about security-agency targeting, he describes police photo dossiers and an attack on a Bremen domestic-intelligence chief’s home. These allegations, statistics and threat assessments remain attributed; no new specific attack date or proven party infiltration is supplied.

Selen warns at the hearing that international conflicts fuel violence against Jewish and Israeli institutions. He cites HAYI’s claimed March–April arsons and leaves possible state, non-state and criminal connections uncertain. Asked about ideological convergence, he says Gaza catalyzed links between dogmatic left-wing and foreign-linked extremists, distinguishes autonomist pro-Israel tendencies and identifies PFLP and Young Struggle interaction in demonstrations. He argues that these settings have made antisemitism more openly acceptable. These are attributed threat and mobilization assessments, not proof of one coordinated network or a finding about all Gaza protesters.