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A Bar-Ilan University professor's alleged letter (left) to Moshe Feiglin, made public on October 5, 2026, and a view of Bar Ilan University (right). (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law/Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
Shin Bet reportedly declined to probe alleged terrorist professor, who sought to enlist right-wing figures
By ToI Staff
Indicted mathematician, who allegedly plotted to assemble terror militia and kill hundreds of Arabs, met with podcaster who apologizes for not informing police; densely written letter said to outline plans
Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund shows thumbs up beside his wife Julia, left, and party leaders Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, right, at an election party of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) after the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, September 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 12, 2026, 9:59 am
Germany’s AfD seeking to parlay Saxony-Anhalt win into nationwide momentum
Far-right party faces tests in Berlin and elsewhere as it attempts to turn eastern breakthrough into broader trend, but results likely to be weaker in west
By Shira Li Bartov
Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party speaks at a campaign rally in front of the Berlin City Hall on June 29, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
July 3, 2026, 12:52 pm
Far-right Alternative for Germany buoyant as it eyes slice of power in regional elections
Anti-migration nationalist party upbeat ahead of weekend summit despite expected protests, as it looks to take state government in Saxony-Anhalt in September vote
By Geir Moulson
A delegate casts his vote during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
June 30, 2026, 5:40 pm
German intelligence says almost half of AfD party members potential far-right extremists
Government report estimates 28,000 of Alternative for Germany’s 70,000 members have potential for right-wing extremism, as far-right party outstrips chancellor’s in national polls
By Miranda Murray
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2025. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
May 6, 2026, 7:06 pm
Far-right agitator arrested for allegedly spitting on ex-PM Olmert; judge frees him
Eliran Simantov likely committed the crime, judge says, but it’s not grave enough to keep him behind bars; suspect says he was at scene to see a movie, but doesn’t recall which one
By ToI Staff
Jacob Reses, second from the left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via JTA)
March 29, 2026, 4:04 pm
JD Vance’s Jewish chief of staff seems unfazed by GOP antisemitism – though he’s a target
Profile in NY Magazine reveals that Jacob Reses shares the US vice president’s reluctance to draw a line against antisemitic figures on the right, and hopes to see him run for president one day
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Charlotte Littlewood speaks at a London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism event in this undated photo. (Lakruwan Rajapaksha/ London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism)
March 14, 2026, 2:17 pm
UK extremism expert: As Islamist narratives go mainstream, politicians fear confrontation
Charlotte Littlewood says Britain is losing an ‘uphill battle’ as groups like the Muslim Brotherhood use antisemitism as a strategic tool to undermine Western societies
By Robert Philpot
Tyler Oliveira interviews residents of Lakewood, New Jersey, in his YouTube video titled 'I Exposed New Jersey's Jewish Invasion...', February 2026. (Screenshot)
February 27, 2026, 10:03 am
As popular YouTuber targets US Orthodox communities, the right grapples with antisemitism
Tyler Oliveira releases ‘exposés’ about Haredi locales Lakewood and Kiryas Joel, relying on selective interviews, amplifying antisemitic tropes, and garnering millions of views
By Grace Gilson
Conservative US political activist Jack Posobiec and New York Young Republican Club President Stefano Loudaros Forte hold up rosaries at the New York Young Republican Club's 113th Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on December 13, 2025, in New York City. (Adam Gray / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 16, 2025, 7:32 pm
Antisemitism tensions rise as NYC Young Republicans host white supremacists, Germany’s AfD
Jewish Republican US lawmaker Inna Vernikov turns down invitation despite ‘honored guest’ status, slamming the party’s ‘hard right wing’
By Joseph Strauss
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) holds a press conference with US Vice President JD Vance at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
November 21, 2025, 5:27 pm
US Jewish conservatives are still waiting for JD Vance to condemn the antisemitic right
Participants at a Tikvah Fund event in NYC say they haven’t heard a serious response from the US vice president to the attempted mainstreaming of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish extremists
By Joseph Strauss
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the convention of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, October 30, 2025. (Joseph Strauss/ JTA)
November 1, 2025, 5:13 am
Ted Cruz to Jewish Republicans: Antisemitism is ‘an existential crisis in our party’
The Texas senator reiterates comments he made at a megachurch last week, including the core message that he’s recently seen more Jew-hatred on the right than ever before
By Joseph Strauss
Brogan Stewart, Marco Pitzettu, and Christopher Ringrose (UK Counter Terrorism Policing North East)
October 18, 2025, 8:16 am
3 UK neo-Nazis jailed for planning attacks on mosques, synagogues to incite ‘race war’
Trio discussed executing former British PM Rishi Sunak, torturing imams and ‘took real-world steps’ to realize plans, prosecutor says
By Reuters
Screen grabs from videos posted to social media show right-wing demonstrators shouting profanities at MK Ayman Odeh, and surrounding his vehicle, in Ness Ziona, July 19, 2025. (X; used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 19, 2025, 8:25 pm
Right-wing protesters assault MK Ayman Odeh, attack his car, chant ‘Death to Arabs’
Three arrested for damaging vehicle; demonstrators curse the Hadash party leader, who vows he ‘won’t let the fascists win’ days after motion to expel him from the Knesset fails
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
A truck loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip makes its way to the Kerem Shalom crossing as Border Police officers prevent activists from blocking the road in southern Israel, May 21, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 21, 2025, 6:20 pm
Two right-wing activists arrested after groups try to block aid trucks reaching Gaza
Led by Tzav 9 activist group, dozens block roads leading to Kerem Shalom crossing; passage of aid trucks to Hamas-led Gaza ‘is an unspeakable injustice,’ says group’s leader
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Crowds pressed against the window of Essen New York Deli in an attempt to catch a glimpse of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, April 24, 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
April 25, 2025, 8:36 pm
Ben Gvir joins friendly Thursday night cholent in Brooklyn after stirring the pot in NYC
Visiting a kosher deli for the pre-Shabbat tradition of late-night stew, the far-right Israeli minister encounters none of the simmering tension that greeted him in other venues
By Jackie Hajdenberg
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during an Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, April 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 24, 2025, 4:21 pm
An elite Jewish society at Yale fractures over its director’s embrace of Itamar Ben Gvir
As Shabtai, which says it promotes free speech, welcomes the far-right Israeli minister at off-campus events, critics in and outside of the group protest his extremist rhetoric
By Andrew Lapin
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