The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/fascism/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:06:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png fascism | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/fascism/ 32 32 In campaign ad, Holocaust survivor blasts Harris for calling Trump ‘fascist’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-campaign-ad-holocaust-survivor-blasts-harris-for-calling-trump-fascist/ Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:26:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3405173 Jerry Wartski, who was held at Auschwitz, says he 'knows more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know' and that she owes survivors an apology, calls GOP candidate 'a mensch'

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]]> Italian PM condemns her far-right party’s youth wing for glorifying fascism https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-pm-condemns-her-far-right-partys-youth-wing-for-glorifying-fascism/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3324374 Giorgia Meloni says 'no space for racist or antisemitic position' in Brother of Italy after news investigation revealed young members praising Mussolini and yelling 'Sieg Heil'

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]]> Italian PM’s party shrugs off video of youth wing members performing fascist salutes https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-pms-party-shrugs-off-video-of-youth-wing-members-performing-fascist-salutes/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:28:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3315145 Far-right Brothers of Italy claims investigative media report into National Youth, which also featured shouts of 'Seig Heil' and 'Duce,' shows 'fragmented, decontextualized images'

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]]> French protesters denounce far right ahead of elections; some chant ‘Free Palestine’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-protesters-denounce-far-right-ahead-of-elections-some-also-chant-free-palestine/ Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:52:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3312462 250,000 people turn out to demonstrate amid fears the vote will produce France's first far-right government since World War II

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]]> Italy’s Liberation Day celebrations marred by controversy surrounding fascism https://www.timesofisrael.com/italys-liberation-day-celebrations-marred-by-controversy-surrounding-fascism/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:16:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3276383 State-run media spikes anti-fascist speech by author who criticized right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and denounced lingering authoritarian ideologies

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]]> Hailing Hitler, mocking Anne Frank: Italy probes 24 over racist event in Jewish area https://www.timesofisrael.com/hailing-hitler-mocking-anne-frank-italy-probes-24-over-racist-event-in-jewish-area/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:04:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3224940 Investigator says suspects being investigated for promoting fascism; they threatened to kill other diners, refused to stop even after police arrived, insulted Black Italian athlete

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]]> Italian opposition demands probe after hundreds give fascist salute at Rome rally https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-opposition-demands-probe-after-hundreds-give-fascist-salute-at-rome-rally/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3197641 Illicit Mussolini homage provokes ire from detractors of far-right government, inspires worry in Jewish community; minister criticizes action, resists calls to ban group

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]]> Is American democracy safe? These historians say the US may be slipping toward fascism https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-american-democracy-safe-these-historians-say-the-us-may-be-slipping-toward-fascism/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:58:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3178534 The editors of 'Fascism in America: Past and Present' posit that though most Americans see the idea as 'unrealistic in the extreme,' there's nothing fictional about it

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]]> How dictator Franco built his regime vilifying the Jews, then tried to hide it https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-dictator-franco-built-his-regime-vilifying-the-jews-then-tried-to-hide-it/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 02:22:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3072577 In his new book 'Architects of Terror,' Sir Paul Preston shows how Spain's ties to Nazi Germany and use of antisemitic propaganda belied its claims of sympathy for Jewish refugees

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]]> Thousands of Italian fascist sympathizers stage rally in memory of Mussolini https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-of-italian-fascist-sympathizers-stage-rally-in-memory-of-mussolini/ Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:25:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2863012 Rome's failure to fully come to terms with its past has never been more stark, as new PM Meloni seeks to distance her far-right Brothers of Italy party from its neo-fascist roots

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]]> Anti-fascists march in Mussolini’s birthplace as his supporters rally in Rome https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-fascists-march-in-mussolinis-birthplace-as-his-supporters-rally-in-rome/ Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:08:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2861954 Dueling events highlight Italy's uneasy reckoning with its past as new Prime Minister Meloni takes helm of 1st postwar government led by a party with neo-fascist roots

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]]> Italian neo-fascists display pro-Mussolini banner 100 years after his rise to power https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-neofascists-display-pro-mussolini-banner-100-years-after-rise-to-power/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:33:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2861578 On bridge outside Rome's Colosseum, supporters of fascist leader drape image depicting dictator in military uniform, with the words '100 years after, the march continues'

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]]> Italy’s unresolved fascist past in spotlight as far-right government takes power https://www.timesofisrael.com/italys-unresolved-fascist-past-in-spotlight-as-far-right-government-takes-power/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:29:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2860645 Unlike Germany, Italy never underwent process of erasing fascist symbols after World War II; even PM Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party retains flame emblem used by Mussolini

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]]> US, EU signal willingness to work with Italy’s victorious far right https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-eu-signal-willingness-to-work-with-italys-victorious-far-right/ Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:55:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2843755 Europe's nationalist parties warmly welcome apparent victory of Giorgia Meloni; Spanish FM warns 'catastrophe' always follows populists

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]]> Stumping for midterms, Biden says Trump is leading Republicans into ‘semi-fascism’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/stumping-for-midterms-biden-says-trump-leading-republicans-into-semi-fascism/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 23:59:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2825014 'This is not your father’s Republican party,' president tells donors at backyard fundraiser, warning of dangers of 'extreme MAGA philosophy'

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