2017 Humboldt University lecture incident

On August 3, 2020, a Berlin court sentenced Stavit Sinai, one of the BDS activists, to a 450 euro fine for assault, related to the fact that she pounded on the door of the lecture hall, which reportedly caused injuries to two people.

Her fellow activists claimed Sinai had been punched in the face while being ejected from the lecture hall, and tried to get back in to find out the identity of the person who had hit her.

Barkan and Abusalama were acquitted of all charges; however, Sinai was found guilty of assault because of her pounding on the door of the lecture hall, which reportedly caused injuries to two people, and sentenced to a fine of 450 euro.

[11] (in fact both of them are Israeli Jews)[citation needed] The Jerusalem Post followed suit with an article titled BDS ‘Jew-hater’ convicted for violent assault in Germany.

The article reads: "A Berlin court convicted on Monday a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activist for assaulting people during a presentation by an Israeli survivor of the Holocaust at Humboldt University in the capital".

[12] The article continues to say, "In a dramatic setback to the claim of the BDS campaign that it is a nonviolent initiative targeting the Jewish state, the Berlin court declared Stavit Sinai guilty for her violent conduct".

Uwe Becker, who is the Hesse commissioner to combat antisemitism and also the deputy mayor of Frankfurt, praised the conviction of Sinai as "an important success against the violent character of BDS and its supporters".