Since 2016, various left-wing and Palestine-solidarity parties, organizations, and publishing houses have lost their bank accounts, including – on multiple occasions – the Jewish Voice for a Just Peace. Individuals, too, have repeatedly been affected in recent years.

One particularly extreme case is that of Hüseyin Doğru. He was the founder of Red Media, a small but influential left-wing outlet published primarily in English, run from Germany, and known for regularly reporting on Germany’s domestic anti-Palestinian repression. Germany placed Red Media and Doğru on the EU sanctions list. Since then, according to German repression authorities, Doğru is no longer allowed to work or receive benefits. Anyone – including his own wife – who provides the father of several children with money or material support is liable to prosecution.