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ROBERT SESSELMANN of the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a vote last Sunday to become a district leader, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls.

German parties form gov't that excludes AfD, far-right party that worries many Jews

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

$Co-leader of The Left (Die Linke) party Heidi Reichinnek speaks to the media, next to the Leader of The Left Group in the Bundestag Soeren Pellmann, on the day of their parliamentary fraction meeting following the German general elections in Berlin, Germany, February 25, 2025.$

Germany’s political shift: Why the real threat isn’t the far Right

By GREGORY LYAKHOV

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025.

Where will Merz take Germany after electoral victory?

US VICE President JD Vance delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference last week. He took the opportunity to tell the audience that in a democratic society, no party should be ostracized. He also met with the leader of the AfD after endorsing the party as a political partner the writer notes

Vance faces backlash in Munich for defending Germany’s far Right AfD

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

People attend an election campaign event of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Heidenheim, Germany, February 9, 2025.

Russian-linked bots sow fear, distrust ahead of German vote, researchers find

By REUTERS

German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2024.

Friedrich Merz: The German leader trying to bury Angela Merkel’s legacy

American businessman Bill Gates listens during the “Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment” event during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, November 2, 2021.

'This is insane s***': Bill Gates denounces Elon Musk's interference in international politics

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Junge Tat

German AfD politicians meet militant neo-Nazis in Switzerland

By Nicholas Potter

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance on the day of the debate between Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 2024. REUTER

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Elon Musk and the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) (illustrative).

‘Only the AfD can save Germany’: Elon Musk endorses far-right German party

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

AfD members sit in voting booths on the day of the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

Far-right activists, AfD politicians slam proposal for new youth wing

By Nicholas Potter

Maximilian Krah, Alternative for Germany (AfD) party member and member of the European Parliament of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, speaks during the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

German far-right party overhauls youth organization to curb radical ties

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

(Left) Speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, APril 8, 2024

Germany's political crisis: What will happen after the snap elections?

BJÖRN HÖCKE reacts after first exit polls in the Thuringia state elections, in the state parliament building in Erfurt, Germany, last Sunday.

German Jew recounts her experiences in the AfD stronghold

SAHRA WAGENKNECHT, leader of Germany’s Buendnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Party, attends a news conference after elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, on Monday.

Germany's political shift: AfD's victory and rise of left-wing populism

Bjorn Hocke, member of Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) attends a TV interview after first exit polls in the Thuringia state elections, in the state parliament building in Erfurt, Germany, September 1, 2024.

AfD becomes first far-right party to win state legislature elections since WWII

By REUTERS

PARTIES ON the Right and far Right that are supportive of Israel gained seats in the recent European parliamentary elections, but that could prove to be a mixed blessing. Here, Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react to results in Berlin.

Germany's democracy is in crisis - opinion

VISITORS STAND in front of the camp gate bearing the inscription ‘To Each His Own’ at the former Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near the eastern German city of Weimar in Thuringia. Last year saw a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents, including an explosion of anti-Israel antisemitism.

Is German history repeating itself? Jewish leader shares fears of AfD's rise in Thuringia