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Robert Sesselmann, center, visits a butcher shop in Sonneberg, Germany on April 27, 2023. (Robert Sesselmann)

German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls

Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party; Jewish group says party’s surge is something we ‘cannot simply accept’

June 25, 2023, 11:46 pm

German far-right party wins its first county leadership post, rising in polls

Victory of AfD’s candidate in rural Sonneberg area reflects rising popularity of anti-immigration party; Jewish group says party’s surge is something we ‘cannot simply accept’

By AP and ToI Staff

An unnamed suspect, second right, is escorted from a police helicopter by officers in Karlsruhe, Germany, Dec. 7, 2022 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

June 20, 2023, 2:27 pm

Germany sees rise in number of extremists and crimes in 2022

Minister warns of ‘right-wing terror,’ threat from Islamist extremists; intelligence agency says threat posed by Russian espionage in Germany higher since Moscow’s Ukraine invasion

By AP

Illustrative: French police officer guards the synagogue of Biarritz, southwestern France, January 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

June 19, 2023, 8:03 pm

Four far-right suspects on trial in France for terror plot targeting Jewish sites

Accused men discussed attack on Jewish community offices and mosques in group chat named Operation WaffenKraft, in a nod to Nazi Waffen-SS military branch

By AFP

The defendant Lina E. (C-R) and a other defendant (C-L) are seen in the courtroom at the higher regional court in Dresden, eastern Germany, on May 31, 2023. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

May 31, 2023, 7:57 pm

German court hands student 5-year sentence for attacks on neo-Nazis

28-year-old convicted of membership in a criminal organization and serious bodily harm for series of assaults with others over a period of two years

By AP

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

May 28, 2023, 2:13 pm

Netanyahu, Ben Gvir rip into AG over ‘Zionist values’ resolution as vote postponed

Baharav-Miara is opposed to measure that may allow for preferential treatment for Jews in housing planning and construction in the Negev and Galilee

By Jeremy Sharon

A Tag Meir coexistence activist gives a Muslim woman a flower during the organization's ninth annual Flower March through the Old City of Jerusalem designed to spread a message of "love, inclusion and solidarity" ahead of the nationalist Jerusalem Day Flag March, May 18, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Tag Meir)

May 18, 2023, 3:07 pm

‘Flower March’ spreads ‘love, inclusion’ to counter contentious Jerusalem Flag March

Tag Meir group hands out flowers in Old City, urges nationalist march be kept out of Muslim Quarter; right-wing organizer insists route not problematic, condemns racist chants

By Jeremy Sharon

Judiciary vans, each carrying defendants, drive in a courtyard before the start of the trial against members of the 'United Patriots' group at the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, May 17, 2023. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP)

May 17, 2023, 1:27 pm

Five go on trial in Germany over far-right plot to topple government

Prosecutors accuse 4 men, 1 woman of planning to blow up power infrastructure, kidnap Health Minister Lauterbach, who says he wants ‘hard, fair trial’ for his would-be abductors

By AP

Rep. Paul Gosar, Republican-Arizona, leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, January 5, 2023. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

May 15, 2023, 7:07 pm

Report: Key aide to Republican Arizona congressman is white nationalist activist

Investigation by Talking Points Memo reveals Paul Gosar’s digital director Wade Searle is behind social media profiles active in movement led by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes

By ToI Staff

Jeff Sharlet’s 'The Undertow' explores the religious landscape of the far right. (Jeff Goodwin via JTA)

May 12, 2023, 2:26 am

A Jewish journalist takes sides in America’s ‘slow civil war’

In his book ‘The Undertow,’ Jeff Sharlet chronicles his trip across the US interviewing far-right nationalists and conspiracy theorists who are still in thrall to Donald Trump

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

This booking photo provided by the Alexandria, Virginia, Sheriff's Office shows Hatchet Speed. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

May 9, 2023, 5:20 pm

Jew-hating, Hitler-enamored Proud Boys member gets 4 years for Capitol riot

Navy veteran Hatchet Speed discussed with undercover FBI agent plan to ‘wipe out’ US Jews and his belief that Jewish people control Joe Biden

By Michael Kunzelman

MK Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) faction of the Religious Zionist party, raises an Israeli flag in Safra Square in Jerusalem on April 20, 2022, at the start of a planned nationalist march. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)

May 8, 2023, 11:52 pm

Israel said warning Hamas not to attack ahead of Flag March through Muslim Quarter

Jerusalem sends message through Egypt following threats from terror group; police deny request from nationalist activists for May 18 rally to go through Temple Mount

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Members of far-right group "Comite du 9 Mai" gather during a rally in Paris on May 6, 2023. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

May 8, 2023, 8:29 pm

Paris police in hot seat after neo-Nazi rally okayed but pension protests banned

Weekend sees some 600 members of far-right groups march through city center, even as authorities move to bar anti-government demonstrations where activists bang pots and pans

By AFP

Jews taking part in the Flag March pass through the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City on May 29, 2022, as Israel marks Jerusalem Day. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

May 7, 2023, 11:09 pm

Hamas warns Israel ahead of nationalist Flag March through Old City’s Muslim Quarter

Gaza terror group says it won’t let allow ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem, vows to maintain ‘equation’ ahead of controversial Thursday event

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

File: MK Bezalel Smotrich, center, waves an Israeli flag during the annual 'Flags March' next to Damascus gate, outside Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

May 5, 2023, 11:19 pm

Coalition likely to okay nationalist Flag March through Muslim Quarter – official

Despite fears of violence, hardline coalition has little maneuverability to move annual Jerusalem Day rally without losing right-wing bona fides

By Jacob Magid

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

May 2, 2023, 10:01 am

In major address, ADL chief focuses on anti-Zionists and threats to Orthodox Jews

Jonathan Greenblatt doubles down on assertion anti-Zionism is antisemitism, accuses NY Times of attacking Hasidic Jews, but avoids any mention of Trump and his extremist supporters

By Ron Kampeas