![(L-R) Lead candidate in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Simone Oldenburg, mayoral candidate for Berlin Elif Eralp, and Federal Co-Chair of Die Linke Ines Schwerdtner attend a press conference at the Haus der Bundespressekonferenz in Berlin, Germany, on September 21, 2026. [Halil Sağırkaya - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AA-20260921-42531194-42531178-DIE_LINKE_LEADERS_HOLD_PRESS_CONFERENCE_IN_BERLIN_FOLLOWING_STATE_ELECTIONS-2-1.jpg)
The Left party’s Elif Eralp, who is poised to become Berlin’s next mayor, said on Monday that Germans should pay greater attention to the “Palestinian perspective” in their conflict with Israel, Anadolu reports. “This government has paid far too little attention to the perspectives of Muslim and Palestinian people — and, for that matter, to those of many Jewish people as well. I view it as my task to acknowledge and unite all these perspectives, and I believe that is achievable,” said Eralp at a news briefing in Berlin, where she was joined by Ines Schwerdtner, The Left co-chair. “That is why we firmly oppose the instrumentalization of criticism directed at the Israeli government. We also oppose every form of […]
