Orit Arfa: Rafael Korenzecher doesn’t foresee mainstream political parties, even the more conservative Christian Democrats, standing up for Jewish interests despite their lip service to the contrary.
Orit Arfa: He shatters myths about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, finding his greatest Israeli allies in his quest for peace and normalcy among those living in Jewish settlements.
Orit Arfa: Germany’s political parties shut down a motion to ban Hezbollah in large part because of the messenger: the right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland.
Orit Arfa: Jewish media, Israeli politicians and community leaders paint a picture of a France where Jews feel unsafe and leaving in droves. Does a selection of Jewish residents think similarly?
Orit Arfa: Germany’s Free Democrats’ attempt to curb anti-Israel voting patterns fail in the Bundestag, but does it reflect the true opinions of parliament members, and will the right-wing party’s positive support of Israel change the Jewish community’s attitudes towards it?
Orit Arfa: Since its founding in 2013 as a Euro-skeptic party, the AfD has been criticised by the mainstream German Jewish community over concerns of its views on Muslim migrants and country's Nazi past. Yet Jewish supporters see the opposite. “I prefer to be part of a party that wants to help living Jews, not dead Jews,” said one Jewish supporter.
