Far-right

Noam Party rebrands itself ahead of elections, Maoz calls to 'strengthen right-wing bloc'

The party, led by MK Avi Maoz since its founding in 2019, opposes homosexuality, the LGBTQ community in general, and pushes for expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Temple Mount, Tisha B'Av, July 23, 2026.

Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount to mark Tisha B'Av, says Jews feel like 'rightful owners'

Ben-Gvir made the trip alongside Development of the Negev and Galilee Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf, who is also a member of Oztma Yehudit.

|ByKESHET NEEV
US Representative Andy Biggs (L), Republican from Arizona, arrives for a House Oversight Committee closed-door virtual deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2026.

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs wins Republican nomination for governor despite ties to white nationalism

Biggs, who is backed by US President Donald Trump, has drawn criticism for encouraging Stew Peters, an internet personality, and appearing on his show.

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Police liaison officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, London on August 9, 2024.

British minor arrested after allegedly planning 'extreme right-wing' terror attacks on two mosques

Originally, the suspect was arrested for damaging a vehicle, but during a search police allegedly located plans to attack two mosques in the Sutton area, in South London.

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From spymaster to extremist: Hans-Georg Maassen’s radical transformation

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS: Maassen has been repeatedly accused of using antisemitic codes, ranting about 'globalists,' a 'new world order,' or an impending 'great reset', all far Right antisemitic buzzwords.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByNICHOLAS POTTER
HANS-GEORG MAASSEN, founder and president of Germany’s Values Union. The party will be on the ballot in some federal states for the first time as Germany goes to the polls on February 23. Here, Maassen speaks during a panel discussion at The National Conservatism Conference in April in Brussels

Piers Morgan and Tucker Carlson clash over alleged off-camera Israel comment

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that British journalist Piers Morgan admitted to 'hating Israel with every fiber of his body.'

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tucker Carlson (L) and Piers Morgan (R) discussed various topics, including US support for Israel, in January 2025.

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

The threat AfD poses to Jews goes beyond rhetoric. If the party’s ideas on animal protection were to become law, it would become very difficult to keep kosher in Germany.

JANUARY 29, 2025ByJOSHUA SCHULTHEIS/JTA
Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025.

'Too much focus on past guilt': Elon Musk appears on video at German far-right rally

Musk told audience members that it was "good to be proud of German culture, German values," only a week after he made a gesture that looked like a Nazi salute at Trump's inauguration rally.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByREUTERS
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks on-screen during a central election campaign event of the AfD in Halle (Saale), Germany, January 25, 2025.

Echoes of a Nazi past: Israel keeping watch on Austria politics as far-right party forms coalition

Austrian president invited far-right Austrian Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl to try to form a coalition.

JANUARY 6, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen shakes hands with far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl in Vienna, Austria, January 6, 2025.

Austrian president tasks far-right leader with forming government

Karl Nehammer's attempts to assemble a three- and then two-party coalition with other centrist parties fell apart this weekend, prompting him to announce his resignation.

JANUARY 6, 2025ByREUTERS
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen meets far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl in Vienna, Austria, January 6, 2025.

Letters to the Editor December 30, 2024: Blind loyalty

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

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.

OCTOBER 27, 2024ByNADAV TAMIR
‘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.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
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."

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024ByREUTERS
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.