far-right

British peers condemn Islamic Human Rights Commission for antisemitic conspiracies

Senior peers have sharply criticized the Islamic Human Rights Commission for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, following remarks linking far-right violence in the UK to 'Zionist financiers'.

Hitler-glorifying far-right extremist jailed on terrorism charges in northern England

Colin McNeil's websites reportedly inspired 18-year-old Payton Gendron to murder 10 people in a mass shooting at a grocery shop in the United States in 2022.

Among pro-Israel conservatives, isolation and antisemitism on the far-right raises concerns

The rise of Republican far right-wingers who spurn decades of pro-Israel orthodoxies, favoring isolationism and resurrecting anti-Jewish tropes, is alarming pro-Israel evangelicals and Jewish allies.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
03/08/2024

France's identity crisis: Divisions and political fractures threaten stability

France faces deep societal divisions over immigration and identity, with far-left and far-right factions gaining in recent elections, posing challenges to unity and stability.

08/07/2024

French PM Attal to resign following left-wing alliance triumph at elections

Marine Le Pen's National Rally party underperformed in the French parliamentary elections, while the left-wing alliance became the largest faction, leading to the Prime Minister's resignation.

UN rights chief warns about rise of far-right in Europe

Turk blamed the rise of populist, extremist politics on the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, including rising living costs, that have "disenfranchised a large segment of the population."

By REUTERS
03/07/2024

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

In Sunday’s election, the AfD came in second to Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union and its more conservative Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
12/06/2024

French conservative leader embraces Marine Le Pen’s far-right party with history of antisemitism

Even as Marine Le Pen has publicly denounced antisemitism, her supporters still disproportionately harbor antisemitic attitudes.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
12/06/2024

Israeli minister addresses convention hosted by Spanish far-right party with neo-Nazi ties

In Spain, Vox is controversial both for its platform, which includes restricting abortion access and domestic violence laws and shuttering the ministry of equality, and for a history of neo-Nazis.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
19/05/2024

German far-right lawmaker goes on trial charged with using Nazi slogan

Bjoern Hoecke, head of the AfD in the eastern state of Thuringia, which holds an election in September, is part of the nationalist wing of the AfD.

By REUTERS
18/04/2024
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