Tag: Right Wing Extremism

A recent report by the German government's Office for the Protection of the Constitution indicates a significant increase in extremist crimes in 2023, partially attributed to the Israel-Hamas war and its impact on the social climate in Germany.
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) had a traditional role in uniting Jewish communities around centrist-to-liberal issues until disagreements over topics such as the Iran nuclear deal and Black Lives Matter caused fractures.
Elon Musk has singled out the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in response to their attempts to encourage an advertiser boycott of his social media platform, X (formerly known as Twitter), in order to curb hate speech.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Daniel Gordis and Dahlia Scheindlin joined Forward's opinion editor, Laura E. Adkins, to discuss the potential outcomes of Israel's judicial overhaul.
Israeli TikTok has become a platform for far-right content, with politicians like Itamar Ben-Gvir using it to promote Jewish supremacy and extremist settler ideologies.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) faced criticism from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for their new advertisement that compared Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, to Nazis.
Gab, a right-wing social media site known for hosting racist and anti-Semitic content, has launched GabPay, a payment arm that aims to create a parallel Christian economy and eventually a Christian nationalist country.
In an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Kanye West made antisemitic comments about Jared Kushner's work with Israel, implying that Jews can't make anything on their own and are only motivated by money.
The American Jewish community is divided over the definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which includes examples that equate criticism of Israel to antisemitism.
Dr. Nitzan Shoshan explores the factors that drive some marginalized individuals in German society towards far-right extremism and how the state works to manage this issue in "The Management of Hate."
"Hearts of Darkness" is an episode of the podcast "The Management of Hate: Nation, Affect, and the Governance of Right-Wing Extremism in Germany," conducted by Dr. Nitzan Shoshan.
Anti-Semitism, though once forced underground post-1945, has resurged in recent years, often disguised and submerged.