Berlin Left Party: Left Party rejects anti-Semitism accusations from Israel's ambassador
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Berlin Left rejects Ron Prosor’s antisemitism accusationsKerstin Wolter affirms Israel’s right to exist and rejects glorification of terror and calls for violence.
- Kerstin Wolter says party resolutions affirm Israel’s right to exist and protect Jewish life.
- Wolter defends criticism of Israel’s current government policy but rejects glorification of terror and calls for violence.
- Ron Prosor said the Left’s election victory created an immediate existential threat for Berlin’s Jewish community.
- Ibrahim Ibrahim reportedly celebrated at a Neukölln election party; the party and Ferat Koçak later distanced themselves from Ibrahim and Issa Remmo.
The Left's victory creates an 'immediate existential threat' to the Jewish community in the city.— Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador in Germany, said that through the Left's victory there exists an immediate existential threat to the Jewish community in the city.
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