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Germany’s Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann has threatened criminal prosecution following the scandal surrounding pro-Palestinian remarks at the Berlin film festival at the weekend. Buschmann told Germany’s Funke media group newspapers that criminal law is well equipped to penalize anti-Semitic statements. Using the slogan “Free Palestine – From the River to the Sea,” for example, could be interpreted as condoning the murders committed in Israel as part of the Hamas attacks in October 2023, he said. A photo posted on social media on Sunday on the Panorama section of the Berlinale showed the …