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"The restriction" being: speaking any language other than german or english at a protest.
I think this should be spelled out. That's how nazi this is
the interpretations from the first poster of this article to everyone that has replied is so wildly incorrectly biassed against the german authorities and police to the extent that you compare them to nazis is astonishing
i think the violent fundamentalists are obviously yourselves
All languages other than German and English are banned at these protests in Berlin. It's not only Arabic. Irish is also banned (see link below). Same goes for Hebrew (as per Hebrew speaking pro Palestine activists). And most likely any other language other than German or English would get instantly banned. This isn't normal in a democracy. But sure, go find more excuses for the egregious attacks on our freedom of speech and assembly.
https://www.theleftberlin.com/dangerous-language-bans-at-pro-palestine-camp-in-berlin/
Is there any reason for protesters to use a language other than German to make their opinion heard? It's even extended to include English to be inclusive of foreigners who do not have a constitutionally protected right to protest in Germany in the first place. (In case you don't believe me, Article 8 GG says "all Germans", not "everyone").
You know what the German left would do when he police tried to outlaw Italian at protests? a) challenge it in court because banning "alerta, alerta, antifascista" has no warrant, everyone knows what it means and it's not like anyone would know any more Itanian to chant (short of "latte machiato spaghetti stronzo basta") and b) not use it while that thing is in the courts. Choose your battles.
I cannot explain the ignorance of local mores that certain pro-Palestine groups are displaying in Germany as anything else but a false flag attack on the Palestinian cause. Because there's no way in hell people can be so willfully dense, be so unable to work within the local conditions. Conditions which offer plenty of freedom if you don't, at every opportunity, try to piss people off for no gain whatsoever. I'm trying to employ "never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity" but it's getting damn hard the more those certain groups steadfastly refuse to learn, and even refuse advise regarding their tactics.
the languages are banned only if they cannot monitor hate speech, which they are very tough on in germany and happens to be all too common at these protests
you can still express yourself freely in german or english