00:00 Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters at the
00:07 final Social Democrats rally ahead of the European elections.
00:11 Protesters are angry about Germany's support for Israel in its military campaign against
00:16 Hamas in Gaza and booed the Chancellor for most of his speech.
00:20 Scholz acknowledged the protesters, saying they belong to a democracy that allows free
00:25 speech but added that the Hamas attack on Israel last October was inhumane.
00:30 Scholz also said freedom of speech must be protected at all costs and condemned violence
00:35 against politicians.
00:38 Germany's Federal Criminal Police say there have been 22 assaults on politicians so far
00:42 this year, compared to 27 incidents in all of 2023.
00:48 Scholz also promised that he would not allow the Russian invasion of Ukraine and NATO's
00:52 involvement to escalate, saying a vote for the SPD was a vote for peace.
00:58 [SWOOSH]
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