Despite the German state’s slavish support for Israel and its brutal repression of anti-genocide protest, the pro-Palestine movement has scored a major legal victory. The Zweibrücken Higher Regional Court has ruled that comparing Israel with the Nazis is legal. German law bans the display of swastikas and other Nazi-linked symbols. However, the court ruled that they can legally be used: If someone uses the signs for sharp criticism of the methods of the State of Israel and is thus accompanied by a clear distancing or condemnation of Nazi injustice. German rulemakers overturn activist’s fine The court was hearing an appeal brought…