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<\/a>Far-Right AfD Party\u2019s German Election Victory Alarms Jewish Community, Israeli Leaders<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nAilin Vilches Arguello<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The German far-right Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland (AfD) party\u2019s historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt has sent shockwaves through the country\u2019s Jewish community, prompting warnings from Israeli officials and political leaders who fear the party\u2019s rising influence could threaten Jewish life and test the country\u2019s longstanding commitment to confronting antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n The AfD \u2014 which Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence service classifies as a right-wing extremist group \u2014 recorded its strongest-ever regional result in Sunday\u2019s election in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt.<\/span><\/p>\n With its historic victory, the party fell narrowly short of the majority required to establish the country\u2019s first far-right state government since World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n The AfD secured 39 of the 83 seats in Saxony-Anhalt\u2019s regional parliament, putting the party three seats below the 42-seat threshold needed to govern on its own without forming a coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n Even without an outright majority, the results marked a dramatic electoral breakthrough, with the party winning nearly 44 percent of the vote and roughly doubling its previous support in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, expressed deep alarm over the result, warning that the AfD\u2019s rising influence could have lasting consequences for Germany\u2019s younger generations and its efforts to preserve an open society.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI am personally appalled by this election result,\u201d Schuster told the German newspaper\u00a0WELT<\/i>. \u201cOver the past few months, it has been clear what goals the AfD is pursuing. Anyone who voted for them today \u2013 despite or because of these goals \u2013 bears the responsibility for this result.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI fear the influence they will have on so many children and young people through a radically altered education policy,\u201d he continued. \u201cEducation is the most important foundation for preserving our open society and fighting antisemitism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Among its campaign promises, the far-right party has pledged to recast Germany\u2019s approach to teaching history, giving more attention to the country\u2019s pre-World War I and pre-World War II past while scaling back lessons on the Nazi era, part of its broader call for Germans \u201cto move beyond guilt and focus on national pride.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor also raised alarm over the AfD\u2019s breakthrough, warning that the party\u2019s record on hostility toward Jews poses serious concerns for the future of Jewish life in Germany, describing antisemitism as a poison that must never be tolerated.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe election in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend should alarm everyone who cares about the future of Jewish life in Germany,\u201d the Israeli diplomat told the Funke Media Group.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJust 80 years after the Shoah, a party whose leaders described Berlin\u2019s Holocaust Memorial as a \u2018monument of shame\u2019 achieved record gains,’\u201d Prosor continued, using the Hebrew term for the Holocaust.\u00a0\u201cGermany needs a firewall against antisemitism on all fronts \u2013 not just words of condemnation, but concrete action.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Experts warn that the AfD\u2019s electoral gains are increasingly challenging Germany\u2019s postwar political order, potentially putting pressure on the country\u2019s close ties with Israel and raising concerns over the security and future of Jewish communities and institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, Germany\u2019s mainstream political parties face the difficult task of building a broad coalition capable of keeping the AfD out of government, as the election lays bare the deepening political divide between the country\u2019s eastern and western regions.<\/span><\/p>\n Some analysts argue that Germany\u2019s political \u201cfirewall\u201d against the AfD may have strengthened the party rather than weakened it, allowing the AfD to remain outside government and avoid the difficult compromises and political fallout that come with governing.<\/span><\/p>\n At the same time, mainstream parties have struggled to deliver results through fragile coalitions, fueling voter frustration while driving more support toward the far right.<\/span><\/p>\n Yet others argue that the AfD\u2019s steady advance has been driven above all by the gradual normalization of far-right ideas, rather than by the party\u2019s exclusion from government alone.<\/span><\/p>\n The German party has long faced scrutiny over an extensive record of antisemitic and discriminatory rhetoric, with prominent figures repeatedly seeking to minimize Nazi-era crimes, challenging Germany\u2019s culture of Holocaust remembrance and promoting nationalist positions that have alienated minority communities.<\/span><\/p>\n While a single state election cannot define Germany\u2019s broader political landscape and may be less significant in a state that has long supported nationalist parties, far-right movements are gaining traction across Europe, raising fears among some observers of a broader nationalist wave ahead of several closely watched elections.<\/span><\/p>\n Sweden is set to hold legislative elections next weekend, while France faces a presidential election next spring, followed by key parliamentary contests in Italy, Spain, and Poland.<\/span><\/p>\n According to recent research from the political science department at the University of Amsterdam, more than 23 percent of European voters supported far-right parties in 2026, up from roughly 10 percent a decade ago and about 5 percent in 1995, representing nearly a fivefold increase since the mid-1990s.<\/span><\/p>\n Unlike much of Europe, modern Germany has not had a far-right or right-wing populist party lead a national government, a state government, or the administration of a major city.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Far-Right AfD Party\u2019s German Election Victory Alarms Jewish Community, Israeli Leaders Ailin Vilches Arguello Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund speaks accompanied by party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla at the AfD election party after polls closed in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections and exit polls were announced, in Magdeburg, 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Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund speaks accompanied by party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla at the AfD election party after polls closed in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections and exit polls were announced, in Magdeburg, Germany, Sept. 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS\/Fabrizio Bensch<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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