Eralp Wants to Take Legal Action Against "Spiegel" and File a Complaint with the Press Council
The leak intensified scrutiny of Die Linke as coalition talks stalled and critics warned the comments exposed party ties to Hamas-linked figures.
- On Thursday, October 29, 2026, Der Spiegel published internal comments from Die Linke lead candidate Elif Eralp, revealing that she and her husband fear individuals with links to Hamas.
- The admission surfaced after Eralp's office accidentally returned an internal document to journalists during an interview, following Die Linke's 25.7 per cent result in the September 20 Berlin election.
- Citing past advice from the State Criminal Police Office , Eralp wrote she cannot "endanger myself and my family," confirming her fears involve people with connections to Hamas, specifically activist Ibrahim.
- Christian Democratic Union leader Stefan Evers stated the revelations reinforced "the great concern" regarding a Die Linke-led government, while 20 SPD lawmakers oppose forming a coalition.
- A Die Linke state party conference is scheduled for October 31 to decide on the coalition path, following the October 19 vote by the SPD and Greens to open formal negotiations.
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The Turkish-born candidate for Berlin's governor, Erif Eralp, accidentally sent a note to a colleague in the magazine Spiegel, referring to the relationships of her party officials with anti-Semitic circles and mafias.
Left-wing top candidate Elif Eralp wants to become Berlin's governing mayor. Her fear of an milieu with Hamas contacts raises doubts as to whether she can guarantee the protection of citizens in Berlin.
Die Linke mistakenly spreads a document in which Elif Eralp admits fear for his criticism of sectors close to Hamas
The Berlin election winner leaves the name of a well-known pro-Palestinian activist out of an interview with the "Spiegel". She cares about the safety of her family, she notes. Now she wants to say that she does not want to be intimidated.
Media blizzard about Elif Eralp, a candidate for the Linke who won the Berlin election, after the statements at Spiegel: "I don't want to make concrete names, my husband is afraid of these people and I'm also afraid of them."
On Thursday, Der Spiegel published internal commentary accompanying an interview with Berlin's mayoral candidate, Elif Eralp of Die Linke. Pro-Palestinian activism is causing problems within the party and for Eralp.
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