Posts Tagged: Alternative for Germany (AfD) party
German Far-Right Party Shaken by Rising Sway of Hardliner Hoecke
Scores of senior members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party condemned on Wednesday the rising influence of a local leader who is militantly...
German Court Hands Life Sentence to Iraqi Over Jewish Teenager’s Rape-Murder
An Iraqi immigrant was sentenced in Germany to life imprisonment on Wednesday for raping and killing a 14-year-old Jewish girl, a case seized on by the far...
German Cinema Offers Free Tickets to ‘Schindler’s List’ Screening to Far-Right AfD Members
A cinema in western Germany has offered free tickets to a screening of “Schindler’s List” later this month to members of the far-right Alternative for...
German Far-Right Leader Questions Country’s Relationship With Israel
JNS.org - The leader of the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Monday questioned why Israel’s existence should remain a German national interest, following his...
Leader of German Nationalist Party Says Jews Have Nothing to Fear Over Group’s Entry Into Parliament
JNS.org - The leader of Germany’s far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), said Monday that Jews have nothing to fear from his party’s surprising third-place finish...
Netanyahu Congratulates Germany’s Merkel on Reelection, Far-Right Party Places 3rd
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday after she secured a fourth term as the country’s leader. “Congratulations to Angela...
Jews Cast Wary Eye on German Election Results, With Strong Showing of Far-Right AfD Party
As expected, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was reelected on Sunday to a fourth term in office in her country’s federal election, but many Jewish observers...
Top European Rabbi Voices Alarm as Antisemitic Incidents in Germany Reportedly Jump Threefold
The number of antisemitic incidents in Germany jumped threefold in 2015, the Times of London reported on Tuesday. According to the report -- which cited German...
