Reem Sahwil, the young Palestinian who made Merkel cry and who is now demanding her expulsion

The young Palestinian Reem Sahwil rose to worldwide fame in 2015, when she was just 14 years old, when she started crying in front of audiences at the time. German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a televised debate, his expulsion is now requested.

Sahwil is being questioned for her comments on social media regarding the war between Israel and Hamas. The young woman, now 23 years old, posted on her social networks a map of Israel and the Palestinian territories with the hashtag #freepalestine, “Free Palestine”.

According to the German newspaper Bild, Reem Sahwil wrote that “Palestine must be free from the river to the sea.”

The German newspaper said the message was a “cry of annihilation against the Jewish state.” “In other words, this means that the Palestinians must receive the entire area between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River,” he said.

“This is only possible if Israel is destroyed,” add the German media, who demand that his passport be withdrawn.

The young woman broke down in tears at an event in July 2015 after explaining in fluent German that she and her family, who had arrived in Rostock from a Lebanese refugee camp, were at risk of deportation.

“I have goals like everyone else. “I want to study like them… it’s very unpleasant to see how others can enjoy life and I can’t,” he told Merkel.

The chancellor responded by telling the teenager that she understood but “Politics is sometimes difficult” . He then explained that Germany could not accept refugees from everywhere, adding: “We cannot cope with this.”

The then chancellor tried to console the girl in a somewhat clumsy manner and many accused him of reacting too coldly and showing little compassion. Merkel then received the teenager at the Chancellery to calm criticism of her apathy.

Although Merkel promised no help to the teenager, the Palestinian remained with her family in Germany. In 2017, he obtained an indefinite residence permit; In February 2023, he obtained German nationality.

Eckhardt Rehberg (69, CDU), head of Merkel’s CDU in Meck-Pomm for many years and still her head of the family in the Bundestag, told Bild: “Anyone who, like Reem, does not share our values ​​cannot become or remain German. “He cheated to obtain naturalization.”

Rehberg is generally harsh on Germany’s entire naturalization policy, including that of its former chancellor: “We are naturalizing too quickly and too many people, without insisting that only those who recognize the right to ‘Israel to exist can become Germans, not anti-Semites. naturalized, they are simply going in the wrong direction with us.

The Director General of the Union Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei (50, CDU), told the newspaper: “The truth is that this anti-Semitism of immigrants is a huge problem and has been taboo for a long time. A new nationality bill must be presented urgently.”