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Left Party Candidate Faces Backlash Over Hamas Remarks Leak

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Elif Eralp, Left Party mayoral candidate, accused of hypocrisy over remarks about “people with connections to Hamas.”
The remarks surfaced after her office mistakenly returned an annotated interview transcript to Der Spiegel.
The controversy threatens the Left Party’s coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Greens after the Sept. 20 Berlin election.
Eralp said she will not comment on the leak but will ensure Berliners’ safety as mayor.

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Elif Eralp, Left Party mayoral candidate, accused of hypocrisy over remarks about “people with connections to Hamas.”
The remarks surfaced after her office mistakenly returned an annotated interview transcript to Der Spiegel.
The controversy threatens the Left Party’s coalition talks with the Social Democrats and Greens after the Sept. 20 Berlin election.
Eralp said she will not comment on the leak but will ensure Berliners’ safety as mayor.