'Unrestrained Antisemitism': German Politicians, Jewish Leaders Warn over Left Party’s Rise
- The Left won Berlin's municipal elections with 25.7% of the vote, surpassing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union at 18.8% and positioning itself to lead a potential coalition with the Social Democratic Party and the Greens.
- These results reflect Germany's growing political polarization, as the far-right AfD expands its presence across eastern states, recording 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt on Sept. 6 and 38.2% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sept. 20.
- Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor warned the result poses a 'concrete and immediate existential danger' to Jewish life in Berlin, citing anti-Israel rhetoric and calls for the Intifada during the party's campaign.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that Jewish life in Germany 'is no longer safe,' while Berlin Jewish Community President Gideon Joffe described a Left-led government as 'like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.'
- As Berlin explores coalition options, critics argue the political 'firewall' against extremist parties is cracking, while Adler suggested antisemitism is being used as a 'strawman argument' to avoid broader systemic issues.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the Die Linke party of anti-Semitism, which is about to form a coalition to govern the city of Berlin. Elif Eralp, the candidate for the town hall of this formation, took a stand during the campaign, without being able to silence these accusations.
After their election victory, the Central Council of Jews of the Left in Berlin accuses anti-Semitism. A group of Jews, among them the authors Deborah Feldman and Eva Menasse, contradicts. The Central Council no longer has the power of interpretation to represent all Jews, it says.
150 Berlin Jews, Israelis back Left-led government, rejecting antisemitism claim
Prominent Jewish cultural figures, many of whom are Israelis, signed an open letter welcoming Die Linke's victory in the Berlin mayoral election. Israel's envoy to Germany called the result 'unsettling' for those concerned about Jewish life in Berlin
Ecologists and social democrats hesitate to support Die Linke, the radical left who came to the top of the vote for the city hall of the capital. Both sides accuse of tolerating anti-Semitism in the ranks of his party.
Right after the election victory of the left in Berlin, again allegations were made that the party was – at least in part – anti-Semitic. 150 Jews from Berlin now protect the left and accuse critics of "cynical instrumentalization".
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