Party candidate Bjoern Hoecke, an extremist who called Berlin Holocaust memorial a 'monument of shame,' comes second to far-left Ramelow, beats Merkel's party

Motion, backed by three governing parties, vows not to financially support any projects that call for a boycott of Israel; Israel urges other European countries to follow Berlin

Controversy abounds ahead of Friday's Bundestag debate on 3 anti-BDS resolutions: one backed by 4 mainstream parties, one by the far-right, and one by the far-left