Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at a meeting of right-wing extremists in Israel

Also invited were representatives of the Sweden Democrats, the Spanish right-wing populists from Vox and two sons of the Brazilian ex-president who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup Jair Bolsonaro. And also Austria Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurzwho once formed a coalition with the FPÖ.

“Parody” and “Stab in the Back”

Michael Brenner, professor of Jewish history in Munich: “For me, the whole thing is a parody of an anti-Semitic conference.”

Ariel Musician former president of the Israelite religious community in Vienna and currently interim president of the European Jewish Congress, called the invitation of personalities like Bardella to the Times of Israel a “stab in the back” of the Jewish diaspora communities, as it gives a kind of “kosher seal” to parties with deep ideological roots in fascism, National Socialism and xenophobia.

Chikli, meanwhile, spoke of a strategic decision to combat anti-Semitism by working with the parties that are most vocal against radical Islam.