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2025-03-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Defending antisemitism confab invites, minister says Europe’s far-right ‘supports us the most’
[IsraelTimes] Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli says European Jews should be more worried about Islamic extremism than the far-right, defending his decision to invite far-right European politicians to Israel’s upcoming conference on combating antisemitism.

"The real threat to European Jewry is radical Islam, not the right," Chikli tells Israel Hayom in an interview published this morning.

Chikli blames the left-wing newspaper Haaretz for pushing a campaign that has led to a wave of cancellations of conference participants ahead of the Jerusalem event planned for March 26-27.

Among high-profile figures to pull out have been Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, and others.

Chikli criticizes them for "delegitimizing the people who support us the most," calling it a "terrible injustice."

"How can we boycott people who come to a conference against antisemitism in the State of Israel?" Chikli asks.

Chikli tells Israel Hayom that while many of the political parties in question have histories rooted in racism, they are currently fighting against antisemitism.

For example, Jordan Bardella, president of the French National Rally party founded by noted antisemite and Holocaust denier Jean-Marie Le Pen, recently challenged the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
about the connection between UNRWA and Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
, and has spoken out against a Paleostinian state after October 7, Chikli says.

Bardella also condemned arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, Chikli notes.

In contrast, he says, French President Emmanuel Macron is "weak" and a "disappointment for Israel."

On Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog offered to hold a private meeting with world Jewish leaders at his home the night before the main event, without those controversial figures, in an effort to reduce tensions.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top

#1 They are only "far-right" because the rest of Europe moved far to the left.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-22 00:35||   2025-03-22 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 ^UK, France, Germany urge Gaza ceasefire, ask Israel to restore humanitarian access
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-22 01:03||   2025-03-22 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 During the last 4-5 years especially after the Ukraine war started a significant part the the European "New Right" has sharply shifted to the left.

In terms of the US political spectrum they moved from "Ronald Reagan conservatism" to "Candace Owens/Tucker Carlson conservatism".

Their stance is pro Russia/China/Qatar(Erdogan/Iran and anti-Rushdie and also anti-Israel albeit in a passive aggressive way.

This shift has brought them into greater alignment with the European mainstream but since the mainstream is generally wrong on these issues that's a bad development.

@2 Compare this to a Tweet by the German AfD's co-chairman Chrupalla from 11/10/2023:

Deepl translation:
The #Hamas attack on #Israel is to be condemned. I mourn all the war dead. Now the states in the region must focus on de-escalation to avert a conflagration. Diplomacy is the order of the day. A viable solution for all sides must be the goal!

Indistinguishable from Green/Left rhetoric.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-03-22 07:19||   2025-03-22 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 ask Israel to restore humanitarian access

You restore the humans first. Then we can discuss access, 'kay?
Posted by alanc 2025-03-22 14:47||   2025-03-22 14:47|| Front Page Top

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