Far-right

Ben-Gvir harassment of GSF activists embarrasses Israel, gave them what they wanted - editorial

Since October 7, Israel has been fighting not only a military war, but also a political and diplomatic one. A government minister who repeatedly sabotages that effort is a liability.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates the passing of the Death Penalty for Terrorists bill in the Knesset, March 30, 2026
 Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Jerusalem Day violence exposes dangerous culture of impunity in Israel - opinion

People take part in a rally organised by Spain’s far-right VOX party against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government, in Madrid, Spain, May 23, 2026. The banners reads 'Government resignation' and 'We are patriots'.

Tens of thousands march in Madrid to demand Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's resignation

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 15, 2026.

Ben-Gvir banned from France, French FM Barrot says, demanding sanctions against far-right minister


Israel cannot always wallow in victimhood, we must take responsibility for our faults - opinion

Too often, the Palestinian leadership chose the path of violence and terror. But placing the entire blame on them is not only incorrect, it is also dangerous. It covers up our own failures.

 ‘IT’S TIME – The Great Peace Conference’ takes place at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, on July 1.

Dozens of Sukkot built near border at festival calling to resettle Gaza

Peace Now calls on the IDF to prevent attempts by settlers to infiltrate Gaza.

 A man builds a sukkah, this past week. Secular and religious Jews need to dialogue and learn from each other. Each group will be able to contribute its own richness, the writer stresses.

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition "bitter."

 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.

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'.

 BRITAIN’S CHIEF Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attends a march in London against the rise of antisemitism in the UK, this past November.

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.

A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge's bench in this illustration picture taken in the Sussex County Court of Chancery in Georgetown, Delaware, U.S., June 9, 2021.

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.

 Pastor John Hagee addresses a conference of Christians United for Israel, National Harbor, Maryland,  June 29, 2024.

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

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.

 Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group. Paris, France, June 2, 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.

 Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister and French presidential majority group "Ensemble pour la Republique" candidate, arrives to deliver a speech after partial results in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, at Hotel Matignon in Paris in Paris, France, July 7, 2024.

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."

 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023

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.

 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.