Media Turns on Die Linke Over Anti-Israel Sentiment at Campaign Event
The CDU wants other parties to rule out a left-wing coalition, while some newspapers can't resist a racist dig of their own. But what really happened in Neukölln on Saturday?
The headlines in the German media this morning are full of shock and outrage: Jew hatred in Neukölln, calls for violence against Israel. The clamour has reached such a pitch that even Die Linke's own mayoral candidate, Elif Eralp, has now condemned the performance at the centre of all the fuss, and yet it's worth taking a more sober look at what actually happened at the Neukölln Linke's campaign event on Saturday.
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