"To blow up Tel Aviv" and protection of a crime family from Khan Younis: scandals of the far left in Berlin
The Die Linke party won the elections in Berlin, but its ties to crime families and Hamas supporters were exposed. A member of parliament retracted her recognition of Israel and refuses to resign, and the party leader admitted she fears pro-Palestinian activists.
The Die Linke party, Germany's far-left party, won the elections in Berlin after a campaign that emphasized the Palestinian struggle. However, since the victory, ties between the party and Arab crime families and Hamas supporters have been exposed. Among the incidents: the head of the Ramo clan, responsible for serious robbery cases, said he found representation in the party; MP Ferat Koçak was suspended from the interior committee after his ties to the crime family were revealed; MP Vanessa Amade signed a declaration against anti-Semitism recognizing Israel's right to exist, but retracted and refuses to resign despite the party's demand. The party leader in Berlin, Elif Aralıp, admitted in internal correspondence that she fears pro-Palestinian activists. These ties complicate coalition negotiations with the Social Democrats and the Greens.