JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The gains made by far-right parties across Europe in the recent European parliamentary elections are certainly cause for concern. But Europe is not the only place Jews should be concerned about the far right rising.
It’s happening in Israel, too.
...Rightfully, Jewish leaders across the world have been quick to express their consternation over the alarming election results. The European Jewish Congress, for example, decried the "use of racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic campaigns" and insisted that there "be no tolerance for any elected officials or political parties to espouse racism or anti-Semitism in any form or under any circumstance."
...The sweeping popularity of Avigdor Lieberman's anti-Arab ideology and rhetoric in the campaign leading up to the national elections in February won his Yisrael Beiteinu Party 15 seats in the Knesset. It is now the second-largest party in the governing coalition, and Lieberman has assumed the coveted post of foreign minister.
Lieberman’s ultra-right-wing party campaigned on a racist platform that fanned the flames of fear and hostility toward Israel's Arab minority... Full story
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