A Berlin administrative court has rejected an emergency appeal by Abdallah A., a 35-year-old man of Palestinian origin who has lived in the city since infancy, ruling that the withdrawal of his German citizenship was "obviously lawful." The court found that two Instagram posts — one showing figures in guerrilla clothing captioned "Heros of Palestine" and another featuring a heart symbol next to late Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin — demonstrated sympathy for the Hamas militant organisation, meaning his earlier pledge to uphold Germany's constitutional order and its historical responsibility toward Israel had been made fraudulently. His lawyer has said he will appeal the decision, potentially up to Germany's Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.