Overview

• Die Linke Neukölln’s original booking at the Kiezkapelle on Hermannstraße was cancelled after the Vereinigtes Palästinensisches Nationalkomitee was flagged by Berlin’s Verfassungsschutz as a Hamas and PFLP umbrella group.
• District co-spokesman Hermann Nehls says the festival, scheduled for August 9, will proceed as planned and denies any intent to include Hamas-affiliated speakers.
• Berlin’s state party leadership, led by Kerstin Wolter, has demanded full clarity on invited speakers to ensure compliance with anti-terrorism and antisemitism resolutions.
• Opposition figures Martin Matz (SPD) and Burkard Dregger (CDU) have urged the event’s cancellation and called for a Verfassungsschutz review of Die Linke Neukölln’s activities.
• Die Linke Neukölln is actively scouting alternative venues and faces pressure to secure official guarantees against extremist participation.