German Jewish leaders reject claim by far-right party leader that AfD is a ‘guarantor of Jewish life’ by opposing Muslim immigratio

WJC News Update – German Jewish leaders reject claim by far-right party leader that AfD is a ‘guarantor of Jewish life’ by opposing Muslim immigratio

German Jewish leaders reject claim of AfD leader that party is a ‘guarantor of Jewish life’Frauke Petry, the leader of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, claimed that „in times of illegal anti-Semitic migration to Germany” her party was „one of the few political guarantors of Jewish life.”

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