The AfD, a far-right German nationalist party which has frequently been called out for its racist, Islamophobic, antisemitic and xenophobic tendencies, and which strongly opposes Muslim immigration, won 92 out of 709 seats in the German Bundestag in elections last year.According to Yediot Aharonot Rafi Eitan was not aware of antisemitic comments made by AfD members and clarified that he was not concerned by the ties AfD members had to Nazis.Holocaust survivor and former Berlin Rabbi Chaim Rozwaski also attended the AfD event, commenting that "Antisemitism in Germany has risen exponentially, Jewish children are afraid in the streets nowadays." Adding that antisemitism is often expressed in anti-Israel sentiments, he noted that "they say Israel and they mean Jews," according to the Junge Freiheit.Michael Kleiner, a former member of the Likud party and President of the Likud Supreme Court who later split off from the party to establish Herut, was also supposed to speak at the event but had to cancel for a "family emergency." However, he was still spotted in Berlin the next day.I fully object to Rafi Eitan’s statement made earlier. I find it hard to imagine how the man who caught Eichmann bringing him to trial in Israel, would praise Germans that are proud of the Nazi past and hope that such views could be an alternative for Europe! Sad and shameful.
— Jeremy Issacharoff (@JIssacharoff) February 3, 2018
Former Mossad agent praises German nationalist ultra-right party AfD
"The AfD is a great hope for many people, not only in Germany but also for us in Israel and in many Western countries."
