Overview
- The Landgericht Berlin discontinued proceedings after an agreement that avoided a scheduled appeals hearing.
- The defendant will pay €450 to the aid group medico international, which supports medical care for people injured in the Gaza Strip.
- The deal includes a €200 symbolic payment to Lahav Shapira, with the case to be finally dismissed once the payments are made.
- The December 2023 incident involved a steward who pushed Shapira away from a Freie Universität Berlin lecture hall during a pro-Palestinian occupation; an earlier trial had resulted in a €450 fine for coercion before both sides appealed.
- Both parties must cover their own legal costs, and Shapira’s separate lawsuit against the university over alleged inadequate protection of Jewish students is set for further hearing on February 26.