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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

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Herbert Kickl (C), leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) is celebrated by supporters at the party's election event after exit poll numbers were announced at the Stiegl-Ambulanz restaurant in Vienna, Austria on September 29, 2024. (Alex Halada/AFP)
October 1, 2024, 8:52 pm
Disgruntled over immigration, ailing economy, Austrians handed victory to far-right party
Despite its winning 29% of vote, rivals refuse to enter coalition with Freedom Party, with a video surfacing on voting day of members at recent funeral where Nazi SS song was sung
By Louis van Boxel-Woolf
Herbert Kickl, leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe), takes part in a TV debate at the parliament after exit poll numbers were announced in Vienna on September 29, 2024. (Alex HALADA / AFP)
September 30, 2024, 7:23 pm
After election win, Austrian far right seeks path to power through rivals’ blockade
Herbert Kickl led his Freedom Party to win biggest slice of votes, but the 29% he scored requires cooperating with other parties, almost all of whom say they won’t work with him
By Francois Murphy
Head of the Freedom Party (FPOE) Herbert Kickl gestures during his speech at a final election campaign event at St. Stephen's square in Vienna, Austria, Friday, September 27, 2024, ahead of the country's national election two days later. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
September 29, 2024, 9:13 pm
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party set for historic win, but chance to govern unclear
Projection sees Freedom Party winning 29% of vote after it campaigned to suspend asylum, warm up to Russia — but moderate parties say they won’t form coalition with its leader
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
Laura Loomer arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on The Trump Organization's Boeing 757 ahead of The ABC News US Presidential Debate, Philadelphia, September 10, 2024. (Julia Beverly/Getty Images via JTA)
September 27, 2024, 11:22 pm
Laura Loomer, Jewish activist close to Trump, downplays ties to antisemites
Far-right US provocateur, embraced by Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes and appearing on conspiracy theory network Infowars, is under scrutiny after flying on ex-president’s plane
By Ron Kampeas
The chairman and top candidate of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) for the Austrian National Council (Nationalrat) election Herbert Kickl waves to his audience after kicking off his party's electoral campaign, in Graz, Styria, on September 7, 2024. (Alex HALADA / AFP)
September 23, 2024, 3:19 pm
Austria sees tight election race, with far-right polling ahead but short of majority
Freedom Party (FPOe) predicted to secure 27% in next week’s vote, but may struggle to find partners willing to join a government it leads
By Anne BEADE
A voter casts a ballot in the ballot box during the state elections in Brandenburg in Forst on September 22, 2024. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
September 22, 2024, 12:42 pm
Far-right AfD eyes new win in east German state vote
On heels of extremist terror attacks in the country, the anti-immigration party hopes to repeat its recent gains in Thuringia and Saxony, deliver ‘hard blow’ to Scholz’s SPD
By AFP
Historian Jens-Christian Wagner looks into a book on September 2, 2024, in Buchenwald, near Weimar, eastern Germany. (Clement Kasser/AFP)
September 4, 2024, 3:44 pm
Buchenwald memorial chief ‘upset and depressed’ over election win by far-right AfD
‘Maybe we will have to re-install a police station,’ worries Jens-Christian Wagner, after local victory by Alternative for Germany party raises specter of hate crimes, funding cuts
By Clement Kasser
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in the German state of Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, walks through the state parliament, in Erfurt, Germany, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bodo Schackow/dpa via AP)
September 2, 2024, 1:35 pm
Far-right party wins German state election, piling new pressure on Scholz
Alternative for Germany party snags victory in central Germany’s Thuringia, deepening woes facing fractious ruling coalition ahead of another state vote later this month
By Geir Moulson
Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, sing the national anthem as they attend an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
August 30, 2024, 7:24 pm
AfD set to be 1st far-right party since WWII to win majority in German state parliament
Faction predicted to come first in at least 1 of 2 elections in eastern states Sunday, upping pressure on Scholz’s federal coalition over economy, immigration, support for Ukraine
By Sarah Marsh
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Aron Troen (Louis Weil)
August 23, 2024, 9:05 am
What Matters Now to Dr. Aron Troen: Dispelling claims of intentional famine in Gaza
Nutrition Science & Public Health prof dives into methodology for study showing food supply to war-torn Strip is sufficient, delves into life after his sister’s murder on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
The Kosherie, a kosher food shop, is boarded up in preparation for more unrest in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, August 7, 2024. (John Keeble/Getty Images via JTA)
August 16, 2024, 4:41 pm
After UK riots against Muslims and refugees, local Jews grapple with familiar extremism
As violent protests rocked Britain following a stabbing attack falsely attributed to a Muslim immigrant, some of the instigators have also urged striking Jewish targets
By Shira Li Bartov
Author Yossi Klein Halevi. (Shalom Hartman Institute)
August 16, 2024, 8:55 am
What Matters Now to Yossi Klein Halevi: Will Israeli society survive this war?
Bestselling author delves into the Jewish state’s destructive internal push-pull, explains why he doesn’t despair and shares how to build bridges
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows as police officers face off protesters in Liverpool on August 3, 2024, during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration held in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29.(Peter Powell/AFP)
August 9, 2024, 9:27 pm
UK preparing for more far-right riots after murder of three children
PM Keir Starmer says authorities must ‘stay on high alert’ after week of nearly daily unrest saw almost 600 people arrested
By Joe JACKSON
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at 10 Downing Street, London, England, on August 1, 2024, following clashes after the Southport stabbing. (Henry Nicholls/ Pool Photo via AP)
August 4, 2024, 11:49 pm
UK’s Starmer warns far-right rioters will ‘regret’ being part of mass unrest
Large anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim riots spead across the UK, sparked by disinformation about identity of stabber who murdered three children last week
By Paul Barker and Peter HUTCHISON
Police officers face off with protesters during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Bristol, Britain, on August 3, 2024. (Justin Tallis / AFP)
August 4, 2024, 9:16 am
Far-right protesters clash with police as disinformation-linked unrest sweeps UK
Starmer announces new security measures to counter anti-immigrant demonstrations sparked by falsehoods about background of stabber who killed 3 young girls
By Peter Powell and Peter HUTCHISON
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