On a new alliance - Liza Rozovsky in Haaretz:

‘Yonathan Arfi, head of the Representative Council of the French Jewish Institutions, commonly known as CRIF, feels this predicament acutely. Solidarity with Israel guides the umbrella organization's activities, and it carefully avoids criticizing the country, especially publicly, with extremely rare exceptions. Initially, the organization remained silent in the face of reports of the Foreign Ministry's policy change toward the National Rally. However, Arfi broke this custom when speaking with Haaretz, saying that because the Israeli policy shift didn't provoke especially strong reactions in France, the council chose to refrain from making noise – though its position remains unchanged.
"We don't see how this benefits Israel," Arfi says. "But we clearly see how it harms French Jewry – by fueling the demonization of both Jews and Israel through their association with Europe's far right." CRIF conveyed this message to Israeli Ambassador Joshua Zarka.’

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‘In today's Israeli diplomacy, a party's antisemitic past – or even Nazi roots – is no longer the deal-breaker it once was. Nor is Israel particularly fussy on broader moral grounds. Islamophobic or homophobic views, or racist rhetoric, are no longer grounds for automatic disqualification. Some Foreign Ministry officials even argue that Le Pen's party no longer fits the "far right" label.
Indeed, comparing the party's immigration positions to Israeli standards, Israeli views often appear more extreme. For example, the National Rally has long fought to give French citizens priority in welfare benefits and subsidized housing over foreigners, while in Israel, providing basic medical care to Ukrainian war refugees was considered an almost unprecedented act of government charity.’

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‘When a right-wing government with minimal ideological differences from Europe's extreme right parties holds power in Israel, this dilemma hardly seems to exist. Regarding quiet contacts with European right-wing populist parties, even experts agree it's the logical move.’

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‘"It's hard to generalize about Spain's Jewish community," Gonzalez concludes. "But it's true that some have publicly backed Vox because of its unconditional support for Netanyahu. I think they fail to see that these parties champion a uniform, homogeneous vision of society – one that conflates national identity with religion and culture. That's a worldview incompatible with respect for minorities, including Jews."’

Read the article here.

For the state of Israel, the Jews outside Israel are considered collateral damage, especially if you haven’t made it on time to the Holy Land.

Of course, unholy alliances existed before, Israel has an extreme-right government, why not support the extreme-right in Europe? They have a common enemy after all. But this is one of the more unholy alliances thinkable.

Judaism being torn apart by Messianism once again.