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CDU and Jewish Leaders Condemn Die Linke Over Antisemitic Song

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC · How we work

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Elif Eralp, Die Linke’s Berlin mayoral candidate, condemned Dahabflex’s “Stop the Genocide” song as antisemitic.
Central Council president Josef Schuster called Eralp’s condemnation lip-service and said Die Linke cannot govern.
Jewish Community chairman Gideon Joffe dismissed Eralp’s five-point plan as useless and cowardly, noting no mention of Muslim antisemitism.
CDU leader Stefan Evers urged SPD and Greens to exclude Die Linke from any coalition because of antisemitism.

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Elif Eralp, Die Linke’s Berlin mayoral candidate, condemned Dahabflex’s “Stop the Genocide” song as antisemitic.
Central Council president Josef Schuster called Eralp’s condemnation lip-service and said Die Linke cannot govern.
Jewish Community chairman Gideon Joffe dismissed Eralp’s five-point plan as useless and cowardly, noting no mention of Muslim antisemitism.
CDU leader Stefan Evers urged SPD and Greens to exclude Die Linke from any coalition because of antisemitism.