Germany: Left-wing Jews fuming because Jews who fear
Islam have joined the political Right-wing, by Ann Corcoran, 10/16/18.
And,
those Jews who fear the Muslim migration to Germany have done the unforgivable
and formed a lobbying group with Germany’s AfD party (think of it as the
Germany first! party).
Invasion of Europe news…..When Chancellor Merkel chose these new Germans her
political fate was sealed, but did she seal Germany’s fate too?
From Religion News Service:
Jewish lobby in far-right German party denounced for anti-Muslim views
PARIS (RNS) — A small group of German Jews has launched a lobby group
within the far-right Alternative for Germany party, prompting a swift rejection
from the country’s established Jewish organizations and accusations that the move
was an anti-Muslim ploy.
The
founding of the 24-member “Jews in the AfD” group on Oct. 7 seems like a
contradiction given the party’s staunch nationalist views that include playing
down Germany’s Nazi past, including the Holocaust, and the close ties some
members have to anti-Semitic movements. [Notice how the reporter here is throwing in bias to set the
readers mind right in the opening paragraphs!—ed]
But
it highlights one of the party’s main policies — opposition to accepting mostly
Muslim immigrants in Germany — through its accusation that the newcomers are
deeply anti-Jewish. A wave
of about a million new immigrants in 2015, many of them from Islamic countries,
has been decisive in boosting support for the AfD.
The
AfD, founded in 2013 as an anti-European Union protest party, won 12.6 percent
of the national election a year ago. It is now the largest opposition party in
the Bundestag (parliament). The party has used this platform to challenge many
of the country’s postwar taboos.
The
JSUD was one of 17 Jewish organizations, including the influential Central
Committee of Jews in Germany and the country’s General Rabbinical Conference
that issued a joint statement denouncing the new AfD lobby.
Other
Jewish groups, including the World Jewish Congress, have added their support to
the statement, bringing the total of signatories to 42.
“The AfD openly agitates against Muslims and other minorities in
Germany … trying to present Muslims as enemies of the West and of the Jews,”
said the statement, titled “No Alternative for Jews.”
“Muslims are not the enemies of the Jews!” the statement says. The
enemies of all democrats in this country are extremists, regardless of whether
they have extreme right, radical left or radical Muslim views.”
Chancellor Angela
Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to the waves of migrants marching
across Europe in 2015 changed the country’s political landscape and sapped
support for her Christian Democratic party and its Social Democratic coalition
partners.
The
AfD and the Bavarian-based Christian Social Union, a Merkel ally that has moved
strongly to the right to counter the AfD’s challenge to its voter base, have
used fear of Islam, a few sex crimes committed by migrants and concern about
the cost of caring for the newcomers to stoke mistrust of Muslims.
It
is a very long article, read it all here. My ‘Invasion of Europe’ archive is here.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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