Yair Netanyahu, Twitter Buddy and Hero of Germany’s Nationalist Right
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In this 2020 opinion essay, Mati Shemoelof examines the public political ties between Yair Netanyahu and Germany’s far-right AfD, placing them within the broader relationship between Israel’s far right and Europe’s nationalist and extreme-right movements. The essay discusses nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, migration, and the political use of the “Other,” while reflecting on Germany’s history and the dangers of far-right politics in contemporary Europe.
Originally published in Haaretz on 11 May 2020.
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