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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz speaks to an Israeli Holocaust survivor from Austria in Jerusalem, June 10, 2018. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)

With far right in its government, Austria fights anti-Semitism in Europe

Critics suggest conferences and statements are a fig leaf over the growing normalization of xenophobic and anti-Semitic politics in the country and Europe at large

November 21, 2018, 4:22 pm

With far right in its government, Austria fights anti-Semitism in Europe

Critics suggest conferences and statements are a fig leaf over the growing normalization of xenophobic and anti-Semitic politics in the country and Europe at large

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Israeli right-wing activist Daniella Weiss on February 13, 2014 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

November 16, 2018, 10:12 am

Palestinian indicted for planning attacks on right-wing activists

West Bank resident accused of plotting with Gaza man to kill Daniella Weiss and Moshe Zar

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

In this photo from November 11, 2017, demonstrators burn flares and wave Polish flags during the annual march to commemorate Poland's National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

November 10, 2018, 5:48 pm

Polish leaders to join anti-Semitic nationalist at Independence Day march Sunday

Participation of Poland’s president, PM in event is announced by far-right leader who has called Jews a ‘fifth column’

By Vanessa Gera

Supporters of the Austrian Freedom Party FPOe hold scarves and pictures of party leader Hans-Christian Strache and last year's presidential candidate Norbert Hofer during the final campaign rally of the party in Vienna, Austria, Friday, October 13, 2017. (AP/Matthias Schrader)

November 9, 2018, 4:00 am

Amid rise of far-right, Austrian leader warns against repeat of history

President marks Kristallnacht anniversary at former site of synagogue; some in audience boo parliament head over inclusion of FPOe in government

By AFP and Raphael Ahren

November 8, 2018, 12:18 am

Poland blocks far-right march, will instead hold inclusive event

‘Warsaw has suffered enough because of aggressive nationalism,’ city’s mayor says, notes main organizer of event is the head of a group with anti-Semitic roots

By Vanessa Gera

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech at a ceremony for French writer and former soldier Maurice Genevoix at Les Eparges, eastern France, on November 6, 2018, as part of celebrations marking the centenary of the First World War. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)

November 6, 2018, 4:21 pm

6 arrested in France over alleged far-right plot to attack Macron

Officials say suspects are arrested over ‘ill-defined’ plan to carry out ‘violent action’ against French president

By AFP

A car belonging to a Palestinian couple is seen after it was involved in a deadly crash reportedly due to stone-throwing by Israeli settlers at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank on October 12, 2018. (Zachariah Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights); Aisha Muhammad Talal Rabi (Courtesy)

November 1, 2018, 10:24 pm

Growing Shin Bet conviction that Jews threw rock that killed Palestinian woman

Hours after Aisha Rabi was murdered, far-right activists drove on Sabbath to West Bank yeshiva and coached students on how to endure Shin Bet interrogations, defense official says

By Jacob Magid

A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the in Pittsburgh, October 29, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)

October 30, 2018, 5:06 pm

Synagogue shooter’s obsession with HIAS mixed hatred of Jews, migrants

Far-right conspiracy theorists single out federal-funded Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, founded over 100 years ago, as seeking to destroy the ‘white race’ through immigration

By Michael Hill

People gather for a vigil in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania on October 27, 2018, to remember those that died in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting earlier in the day. (Dustin Franz / AFP)

October 29, 2018, 3:05 pm

Polarized Americans crave unity amid violence, anger

Some hope recent wave of partisan extremism will be the tipping point that will lead Americans to shun the increasingly toxic political culture

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and MARGERY A. BECK

Supporters of presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro sing the national anthem outside his residence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, during the country's presidential runoff election.(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

October 29, 2018, 12:50 am

Far-right, pro-Israel Bolsonaro wins Brazilian presidency

With more than 92 percent of the votes counted, 55.6 percent support the congressman and former army captain whose critics say will erode democracy

By Agencies

In this Sept. 9, 2018 file photo, supporters of presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, exhibit a large, inflatable doll in his image as they march along Paulista Avenue to show support for him in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

October 25, 2018, 6:12 am

Fascist? Populist? Debate over describing Brazil’s frontrunner Bolsonaro

As Sunday’s election approaches, there’s fierce discussion over how to classify the pro-Israel congressman

By PETER PRENGAMAN

Demonstrators gather in Berlin's Tiergarten district between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column during a major demonstration for an open and caring society organized by the action group "Unteilbar" (indivisible) on October 13, 2018. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

October 13, 2018, 7:47 pm

Tens of thousands stage anti-racism march in Berlin

Organizers says over 240,000 Germans attend rally, held in response to string of xenophobic incidents attributed to rising popularity of far-right

By AFP

Federal spokesman of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alexander Gauland speaks during the party congress of the party's youth party "Junge Alternative" in Seebach, eastern Germany, on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Alexander Prautzsch)

October 10, 2018, 5:06 pm

German historians accuse far-right chief of echoing Hitler

Experts say column by AfD party’s Gauland assailing the ‘globalized class’ for threatening his ‘homeland’ strikingly similar to Nazi leader’s 1933 speech demonizing Jews

By Hui Min NEO

Supporters of the far-right Sweden Democrats party react to exit polls in Stockholm on September 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund)

September 28, 2018, 9:54 pm

Swedish far-right party calls to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Proposal was submitted to parliament by the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, who became country’s third largest party in recent elections

By JTA

French Jewish historian Eric Zemmour appears on television September 20, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

September 28, 2018, 4:19 pm

French TV show bars Jewish historian for insulting African host

Eric Zemmour, popular with far-right extremists, has been convicted in the past for hate speech against Arabs, Africans

By JTA