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Federal Minister Karin Prien wears a Star of David in her official government portrait. (Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images/ via JTA)
March 26, 2026, 2:08 pm
Meet Karin Prien, who could become Germany’s first president of Jewish descent
A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, the highly popular federal minister wears a Star of David necklace and says her ‘Jewish biography’ shapes her politics and public identity
By Jackie Hajdenberg
German politician Andreas Büttner is sworn in during the state parliament session following his election as Brandenburg's antisemitism commissioner, with members of his Left party in the background, June 20 2024. (Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images/ via JTA)
March 17, 2026, 11:26 pm
German antisemitism commissioner quits far‑left party over anti-Israel resolution
After 11 years in Die Linke, Andreas Büttner submits resignation over party’s condemnation of ‘existing political manifestations of Zionism’; party leaders vow to keep working with him
By Toby Axelrod
Leader of the far-right AfD Alice Weidel waves a German flag at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin on February 23, 2025, after the German national election. (Michael Probst/AP)
October 30, 2025, 8:58 pm
Shunned at home, Germany’s far-right AfD deepens ties to Trump administration
Members of the hardline party held senior meetings with sympathetic US State Department officials in recent months, reflecting a growing alignment with parts of the MAGA movement
By Sarah Marsh, Paul Carsten and Maria Tsvetkova
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel, second from left, and other top party officials applaud after German television publishes the first exit polls in the German general elections, during the electoral evening in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. (Soeren Stache / Pool / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 5:33 pm
German spy agency pauses extremist classification of AfD until court decision
Far-right party celebrates; US officials had urged Berlin to reverse move, called for halting intelligence cooperation until AfD treated as ‘legitimate opposition party’
By Andreas Rinke
People take part in an anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
April 2, 2025, 12:51 pm
Citing post-Holocaust doctrine, Germany seeks to deport pro-Palestinian protesters
4 activists accused of ‘indirectly’ supporting Hamas, pro-Hamas orgs; 3 said to have joined protests that chanted ‘from the river to the sea’ slogan, banned in country
By JTA and ToI Staff
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his party's main candidate for Chancellor, addresses supporters in Berlin after the first exit polls in the German general elections were announced on TV, February 23, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/AFP)
February 25, 2025, 4:45 am
German election winner Merz urges harder line on immigration, independence from US
Threatened by far-right gains, Friedrich Merz faces tricky coalition talks as he tries to address anti-immigration sentiments while keeping potential left-wing government partners
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets Germany's then-opposition leader, now Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 12, 2024. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
February 24, 2025, 5:31 am
Netanyahu, Sa’ar congratulate German conservatives leader on election victory
Merz is a staunch supporter of Israel; has vowed to remove restrictions on weapons shipments, criticized the ICC arrest warrant against PM
By ToI Staff
Supporters of the far-right AfD party sing the national anthem as they attend an election campaign rally of the party for the upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
February 23, 2025, 2:33 pm
Germany’s rising far-right AfD is split over Israel. Jews call party ‘a danger’ either way
With the party deeply divided over support of the Jewish state and poised to take 20% of the national vote Sunday, its past — and ongoing — record of antisemitism looms largest
By Bart Schut
People hold up their cellphones as they protest the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party, and right-wing extremism in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 25, 2025, 8:57 pm
Thousands in Germany protest far right; Musk at AfD rally laments ‘focus on past guilt’
Demonstrators in Berlin and other cities contend country must unite against rising nationalist party
By AP and ToI Staff
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a special session of the German parliament marking the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre in Israel, at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, October 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 3, 2024, 5:35 am
Germany’s ruling parties agree on landmark resolution to fight antisemitism
Non-binding declaration says groups calling for boycotts of Israel or questioning its right to exist should not get public funding
By AFP and ToI Staff
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
Bjöern Höecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks at an election campaign rally in Suhl, Germany, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
September 1, 2024, 11:48 pm
Far-right German AfD party set to win first state elections
Projections show Alternative for Germany party winning in Thuringia and coming in close second in Saxony, as immigration and German support of Ukraine dominate agenda
By Geir Moulson
File: People gather to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party, and right-wing extremism in front of the parliament building in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 18, 2024, 12:51 pm
Germany’s Nazi past comes back to haunt it, as far-right AfD surges in polls
Many believed that with education and laws, extreme nationalism would not return, but far-right party finds strong support among disillusioned in former communist east
By Kirsten Grieshaber
People hold hands in front of Germany's parliament Reichstag at a demonstration against the AfD party and right-wing extremism in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
February 3, 2024, 7:09 pm
Approximately 150,000 gather in Berlin for latest protest against German far right
Recent polls show ultranationalist Alternative for Germany party leading in three states
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO
A demonstrator holds a placard with a barred AfD sign referring to Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party during a demonstration against racism and far right politics in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on January 20, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
January 25, 2024, 4:34 pm
Everything to know about Germany’s persistent mass protests against far-right AfD
Sparked by report of plan to deport ‘unassimilated citizens,’ protesters liken popular party to Nazis; now heading into 3rd week, rallies have only slightly dented support
By Sarah Marsh
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