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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Party for Freedom

Gidi Markuszower (Robin van Lonkhuijsen/via JTA)
June 13, 2024, 7:39 pm
Israel-born Dutch lawmaker fails security screening, loses ministerial nomination
The secret service’s flagging of Gidi Markuszower of Geert Wilders’ far-right party follows his earlier disqualification in 2010 for foreign intelligence ties
By Canaan Lidor
Co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel (L) and co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Tino Chrupalla react after first exit polls after the European Parliament elections in Berlin, on June 9, 2024. (Ralf Hirschberger / AFP)
June 10, 2024, 3:11 pm
Germans say far-right AfD lacks legitimacy, even after its European Parliament gains
Amid a nationalist swell, AfD rises 5 percentage points but remains too controversial for widespread public support – even for some small-town sympathizers
By Canaan Lidor
Geert Wilders, second from right, participates in a group selfie with Marine Le Pen and other far-right politicians at a press conference of the right-wing Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group in the European Parliament on April 25 , 2019, in Prague, the Czech Republic. (AFP/Michal Cizek)
May 23, 2024, 9:14 am
The anti-Muslim, pro-Israel far right now runs Holland. Is the European Parliament next?
Upcoming elections for the EU’s legislature are expected to see gains by parties with ideologies feared by many Jews — even as they may be the community’s most ardent champions
By Canaan Lidor
Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, answers questions to media after announcement of the first preliminary results of general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, November 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
November 23, 2023, 8:22 pm
Europe’s hard right hopes best is yet to come after Wilders’ win in Netherlands
Anti-Islam firebrand’s Party for Freedom doubles in size, giving hope to national conservative populists ahead of European Parliament elections in June
By Raf Casert
Dutch far-right politician and leader of the Freedom Party Geert Wilders (C) addresses journalists as he officially launches his parliamentary election campaign in Spijkenisse on February 18, 2017. (AFP/John Thys)
March 11, 2017, 1:06 am
Europe on Edge: Immigration fears boost Dutch far right
Of the Netherlands’ 17 million people, just over one in five now has a foreign background
By John Leicester
Marine Le Pen, head of France’s far-right party, attending a rally in Paris, May 1, 2011. (Franck Prevel/Getty Images)
November 21, 2016, 11:40 pm
Is Europe’s far right experiencing a ‘Trump effect’?
Mainstream media, having got Trump and Brexit wrong, wary when assessing impact for would-be populist presidents Le Pen, Wilders and Hofer
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A Kristallnacht commemoration at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, November 9, 2016. (Courtesy of Jonet.nl)
November 11, 2016, 6:49 am
With far right already on rise, Trump win ripples across Dutch Kristallnacht event
After another victory for voices based on polarizing rhetoric and disdain for ‘elites,’ questions arise over how long Europe’s Old Guard can stave off those who would burn houses of worship again
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A worker at the Eshkol Water Filtration Plant in Northern Israel, operated by Israel's National Water Company Mekorot (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 12, 2013, 7:17 pm
Jerusalem slams Dutch water company’s ‘self-righteous hypocrisy’
Vitens cut ties with Israeli water company because it operates in West Bank, but continues to work with Hamas utility company
By Raphael Ahren
A canal in Amsterdam (Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)
August 27, 2012, 12:34 pm
Crusading against Muslim rituals and rites, Dutch populist alienates the Jews
With ritual slaughter and circumcision under attack, ties between some pro-Israel activists and far-right MP Geert Wilders are unraveling. And that’s not the only problem for Holland’s Jews as elections near
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of a kosher butcher slaughtering a chicken. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 10, 2012, 7:24 pm
Dutch parliamentarian resigns over ritual slaughter
Wim Kortenoeven was the only member of the Party for Freedom to vote against banning Jewish and Muslim practice
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