Overview
- Linksjugend delegates approved, by roughly 70 percent, a motion calling Israel a colonial and racist project, accusing it of apartheid and genocide in Gaza, and framing the “liberation of Palestine” as part of a broader socialist revolution.
- Co-chairs Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken said the text is not compatible with party policy and issued a critical statement following a closed crisis call with state leaders; a proposed counter‑resolution was not adopted.
- Seventeen Bundestag members, including Gregor Gysi, Dietmar Bartsch and Bodo Ramelow, urged the leadership in a letter to set clear limits and reaffirm the party’s commitment to a two‑state solution.
- Delegates reported threats and harassment at the Bundeskongress, including a message saying, “we know where your rooms are,” with some participants leaving early or changing hotels for safety.
- Internal disciplinary tracks continue, with a party exclusion procedure reported for newly elected youth speaker Martha Chiara Wüthrich and a Bundesschiedskommission review of Ramsis Kilani scheduled for November 22.