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| Breaking taboo, Foreign Ministry holding talks with three European far-right parties |
| 2025-02-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Earlier this month, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar instructed diplomats to open channels of communication with far-right political parties in Sweden, France, and Spain, Walla reports, citing senior officials in the Foreign Ministry. A Foreign Ministry official confirms the report to The Times of Israel. The French National Rally, Sweden Democrats, and Spanish Vox factions had been shunned by the Foreign Ministry, President’s Residence, and Prime Minister’s Office over concerns over antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and fascist roots. Rogue Israeli ministers and legislators have also met with party official recently, without approval from the government. “We do not agree with the entire platform of these parties or with every statement made by their leaders, but we believe that it is possible to have a dialogue with them,” one of the senior diplomats tells Walla. Staff work began under Sa’ar’s predecessor Israel Katz, according to the report. Upon his appointment as foreign minister, Sa’ar assessed the parties based on their support for Israel, attitude toward the local Jewish community, the communities’ feelings toward the parties, and whether they had confronted their antisemitic legacies. Sa’ar decided to continue avoiding contacts with the Austrian Freedom Party and the German AfD, says Walla. Local Jewish communities were notified by the Foreign Ministry about the contacts. Related: National Rally: 2025-02-23 Germany’s rising far-right AfD is split over Israel National Rally: 2025-01-08 Leftists and Muslims are currently celebrating the death of French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen National Rally: 2025-01-08 Barge with Marine Le Pen on board capsizes in France Related: Sweden Democrats: 2025-01-21 Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants Sweden Democrats: 2025-01-15 Sweden celebrates huge success in migrant crackdown as number granted asylum hits 40-year low following policy reversal in wake of soaring gang crime and lack of integration Sweden Democrats: 2024-12-12 'A Great Opportunity to Go Home': EU in a Hurry to Get Rid of Syrians |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Godwin's Law might as well be expanded to include the phrase "far right" since the term has been obliterated to mean precisely *nothing*. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2025-02-25 11:21 |
| #2 Rutgers lecturer, UNRWA official join Hamas-affiliated org webinar |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-02-25 07:13 |
| #1 Since the same people calling these parties "far-right" call Israel 'nazis"... |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-02-25 07:10 |