German police on Friday broke up a pro-Palestinian conference in the capital Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the venue just two hours into the three-day event. Officers had already intervened in the event during a speech via video by an activist who is banned from political activity in Germany. When the man spoke police cut off the transmission and temporarily switched off the power to the venue for the “Palestine Congress,” which was organized by various pro-Palestinian groups. Before the start of the meeting, politicians including Berlin Mayor Kai Wegener as well as the polic…