Berlin: Linken-Abgeordnete Emde verteidigt Israel-Aussagen
Die Debatte um möglichen Antisemitismus belastet die Sondierungsgespräche in Berlin. Eine besonders umstrittene Abgeordnete der Linken dürfte den Streit mit einem neuen Video weiter anheizen.
In the aftermath of the resumption of red-green-red consultations in Berlin, Link Party politician Vanessa Emde has reiterated one of her contentious statements made in an Instagram video. When the clip was published on Thursday evening, the Neukölln MP stated in the parliament that she had spoken previously in a video, asserting that there is no right to exist for states, only for people.
"I stand by my statements, and I do not retract any of them," Emde declared in the new video. She considers the statement a "no-brainer" in international law. Critics accuse the Link Party MP of not standing by the right to the existence of Israel. In light of this, speculation has arisen that she may not be part of the Link Party faction.
However, the Berlin Left faction has welcomed her back into their ranks. During a constitutive session on Tuesday, the faction explicitly committed to fighting antisemitism, protecting Jewish life, and upholding the right to exist for Israel. All MPs signed a corresponding declaration. Emde criticized the statement for selectively citing details from party decisions.
Notably, it did not mention an official Link Party decision designating Israeli actions in the Gaza war as "genocide" for the first time at a party congress in June.
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