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(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?

By ELDAD BECK
 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

By ELDAD BECK
 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

By ELDAD BECK
 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

By ELDAD BECK
 Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany political party, celebrate at the AfD election evening gathering following the release of initial election results in European parliamentary elections in Berlin, June 9.

Success of German far-right party in EU election has many Jews hearing echoes of Nazi past

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
Berlin Cityscape seen from Victory Column

Berlin film festival bars far-right party criticized by Jews from gala opening event

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talks with citizens during an event in Magdeburg, Germany, August 25, 2022.

Scholz evokes Nazi era as he urges Germans to reject far right

By REUTERS
German Fuhrer Adolph Hitler doing a Nazi salute

German lawmaker from far-right AfD arrested for 'Sieg Heil' salutes

By REUTERS
 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.

Jewish leaders concerned after Germany's AfD party continues to make gains in elections

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
Elon Musk gestures during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019.

'It's called saving lives': Elon Musk, Germany squabble over illegal immigration

 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.

Right-wing extremist attitudes on the rise in Germany - study

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
 A person uses a placard to cover from the sun as people gather on the day of the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023.

Germany bans neo-Nazi group with US roots, raids member homes

By REUTERS
 CO-LEADERS OF the far-right German AfD party, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, attend a plenary session of the Bundestag, earlier this year.

Should Israel continue to boycott right-wing parties in Germany? - opinion

Jewish intel chief: My family and I will leave Germany if far-right AfD gains power

 Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

German Jews express shock as far-right AfD party wins breakthrough vote

By REUTERS
 Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

Three members of the far-right German AfD party visit Yad Vashem