Overview
- Delegates at the Linksjugend Bundeskongress approved by about 70% a Berlin motion labeling Israel a colonial and racist project and casting Palestinian liberation as part of a broader socialist revolution.
- Multiple participants reported harassment and explicit threats during the congress, including a message to Thuringian delegates saying, “we know where their rooms are,” prompting early departures and hotel changes.
- Martha Chiara Wüthrich was elected to the youth speaker council despite an ongoing expulsion procedure after she previously wrote online that a Holocaust was taking place in Gaza.
- The Linke executive held a videoconference on Wednesday and opted against a formal counter‑resolution, with the co‑chairs instead issuing a critical statement that the youth text is not compatible with party positions.
- WELT reports that 17 Bundestag members, including Gregor Gysi and Bodo Ramelow, sent a letter demanding clear boundaries on political content and conduct, as the party also faces a 22 November Bundesschiedskommission hearing on Ramsis Kilani.