Ze German article link

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omid_Nouripour#Israel

Bild doing Bild things (right-wing tabloid).

Also the German "left" doing German things.

He's more of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik?wprov=sfla1 proponent though. Not really representative of "the left".

Were the Nazis doing RealPolitik as well?

Haven't seen Godwin's Law applied for a while now.

Is Israel committing genocide?

He's representing the green party. The green party sees itself as being "left". The green party is more popular than the social democratic "die Linke" or any other party that styles itself as "left". The right "realpolitik" wing of the green party has consistently dominated the party line almost since it's inception. So yes, he does indeed represent a big part of what passes as left in german media discourse and in parliament. Truly left movements in Germany have to look outside their leftist bubbles and acknowledge the poor state of class consciousness and organizing in Germany, if they want any hope to improve it.

Alternative article: https://tradersunion.com/de/news/financial-news/show/1693251-nouripour-demands-al-kuds-ban/

Ah, so this is the kind of bad faith discussion where everybody is required to

Have you heard of Cato the Elder by chance?

Fair point. Maybe I was swayed by a "but he's not my kind of left" sentiment.

Yes I do Zionist checks on feddit.org users. Your server has quite a reputation.

Luckily, I don't need your validation.