Martin Lejeune (born 27 July 1980 in Hanover) is a German activist.

Lejeune spent his childhood and youth in Nuremberg and Bielefeld. He passed the Abitur through a Second Chance School (CEE). Starting in 2004, he read for a degree in political science from Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Free University of Berlin.[1]

He is known for his criticism of Israel,[2] his involvement in the Toilettenaffäre [de][3] and the controversy surrounding journalist accreditation at the NSU trial[4][5][6] and for his reporting on the Syrian Civil War.[7] He covered the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict remotely.[1][8] He referred to the unlawful executions of 18 Palestinians in Gaza as to have "taken place very socially".[9]

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