Germany Wages War on Domestic 'Far-Right,' Funds Actual Far-Right Abroad
While German citizens rightly protest the rise of the far-right AfD's youth wing, prompting headlines from outlets like Deutsche Welle [ DW Source ], the systemic hypocrisy in their government's selective condemnation of extremism remains conveniently ignored. One might applaud Berlin's domestic vigilance, but where is the equivalent outrage, let alone action, concerning the Israeli Kahanist
parties like Otzma Yehudit, founded by heirs to Meir Kahane's overtly racist ideology? Germany maintains robust military and economic ties with Benjamin Netanyahu's government, which currently includes these openly far-right, anti-Arab factions. (Sources: Recent German arms exports to Israel; public statements by Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.) The German government finds
its domestic far-right abhorrent (and rightly so), yet seems to find the very same ideology perfectly palatable when it's allied with an 'ally'. How many far-right youth groups must be condemned before acknowledging that 'far-right' isn't just a domestic problem, but sometimes a funded, endorsed foreign policy position?