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Antisemitic ideology deeply embedded within the far-right German AfD party, new AJC report shows

The AJC report found that while Germany’s AfD party denies antisemitism, “antisemitic ideas, codes, and narratives” are present throughout its rhetoric, mobilization strategies and memory politics.

Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state election, speaks at a party convention in Magdeburg, Germany, April 11, 2026.
Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state election, speaks at a party convention in Magdeburg, Germany, April 11, 2026.

Germany’s far-right AfD gains ground ahead of eastern state election

Board of the newly AfD's youth organisation pose at the founding of Alternative for Germany's (AfD) new youth organisation "Generation Deutschland" in Giessen, Germany, November 29, 2025.

AfD speaker gives Hitler-like speech at Generation Germany event

 The 2024 ban on a popular far-right German magazine known for its antisemitic and anti-Israel content was lifted on Tuesday by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs, the Federal Administrative Court announced.

Ban on far-right antisemitic, anti-Israel German magazine lifted by federal court


Should Israel continue to boycott right-wing parties in Germany? - opinion

Consideration is being given to the question of whether Israel should continue its boycott of the right-wing AfD party in Germany and right-wing AUR party in Romania.

 CO-LEADERS OF the far-right German AfD party, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, attend a plenary session of the Bundestag, earlier this year.

Jewish intel chief: My family and I will leave Germany if far-right AfD gains power

Stephan Kramer's comments come after the Alternative für Deutschland candidate won the local district council election in the same state.


German Jews express shock as far-right AfD party wins breakthrough vote

The party opposes economic sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine war and dispute that human activity is a cause of climate change.

 Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

Three members of the far-right German AfD party visit Yad Vashem

Israeli governments have boycotted the party and refused to hold ties with the AfD traditionally.

 Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

German spy agency classified youth group of far-right AfD as 'extremist'

The spy agency said that the Young Alternatives wanted a society that was as ethnoculturally homogeneous as possible.

 Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

German lawmakers want security review after failed coup plot

Sebastian Hartmann: "The Bundestag should also review its security concept. Personally, I feel safe, but my confidence is not boundless."

 Police secures the area after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group, that the interior ministry claimed posed a terrorist threat, were detained during raids across Germany, in Frankfurt, Germany December 7, 2022.

Far-right German politician danced on Holocaust memorial site in Berlin

Israel's ambassador to Germany condemned his actions and said he brought "shame upon his party."

THE MASSIVE cemetery-like Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

What does the future hold for Germany and its Jews? - opinion

Many around the world and in Germany are wondering what a new government will bring.

 Leader of the Greens Annalena Baerbock speaks during a meeting after the presentation of the coalition deal of SPD, FDP and Greens parties, in Berlin, Germany November 25, 2021.

A Jewish male model is running for Germany’s parliament — on the far-right ticket

34-year-old Marcel Yaron Goldhammer, a dual German-Israeli citizen and a former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, is running on the ticket of AfD, a right-wing populist party.

The interior of the Reichstag, the German Parliament building

German far-right party put under surveillance first time since Nazi era

The Central Council of Jews in Germany welcomed the decision, saying: "The AfD's destructive politics undermine our democratic institutions and discredit democracy among citizens."

Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Alexander Gauland raises his arm during a plenum session at the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany March 13, 2020