Shea Levin — text status

Germany's far-left Die Linke party, which rode a wave of anti-Israel campaigning to a strong showing in Berlin's state election, is scrambling to contain a scandal over its lawmakers' links to an extremist activist and one of the city's most notorious Arab crime families. Photos showed lawmakers posing with Ibrahim Ibrahim, seen as a supporter of the PFLP, which the United States and the European Union list as a terror organization. A newly elected Berlin lawmaker has refused to apologize or distance herself from those who celebrate the October 7th massacre, complicating the party's coalition talks.