Israel\u2019s close alliance and increasing cooperation with far-right movements across the globe have been widely noted, with the two sides apparently united by a common enemy: namely, the so-called \u201cextremists\u201d who supposedly seek to impose their “backward ways” on the civilized world. Historically the chief purveyors of anti-Semitism, these same far-right forces are now propped up by those who never miss an opportunity to complain about its resurgence. The liberal critique of this strategy is naive at best, if not outright deceitful. It argues that the strategy will ultimately be harmful to Israel, because once these far-right forces take over and finally defeat the \u201cextremists,\u201d Jews themselves will become the next target.<\/p>\n
Yet the evidence suggests that, actually, the strategy might work just fine, and that Israel could reap the rewards of its support for the far-right against what remains of the left. After the ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was kidnapped by the U.S. and replaced by his deputy, Delcy Rodriguez, the latter decided \u2013 or, more accurately, was instructed \u2013 to restore Venezuela\u2019s diplomatic ties with Israel. Similarly, when former Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who had been extremely critical of Israel\u2019s actions, was very narrowly defeated in the last election, which he claimed had been rigged against him, his right-wing successor, Abelardo de la Espriella, immediately recognized Israel\u2019s claim of sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.<\/p>\n
Israel seems to be rapidly gaining ground in Latin America precisely as governments hostile to it are being removed or replaced one by one, while American involvement in this endeavor is justified in the name of the notorious \u201cMonroe Doctrine.\u201d It is no coincidence that, just this week, the U.S. Department of State published a video message explaining the origins of that imperial policy and why it needs to be firmly embraced today, without, of course, ever mentioning Israel, even as it has clearly been one of its main beneficiaries thus far.<\/p>\n
The unholy alliance between Israel and the far-right is perhaps most consequential in the context of European politics, however. In Britain, the first and foremost requirement of building a viable far-right movement appears to be absolute devotion to Israel, and such a movement has to center its policies around hostility toward Israel\u2019s adversaries. The virulent anti-Muslim rhetoric spewed by the likes of Reform U.K. and Restore Britain is a testament to this.<\/p>\n
In France, it is Marine Le Pen, whose National Rally threw its full support behind Israel<\/a> as it was carrying out a genocide in Gaza and livestreaming it to the rest of the world. Utterly blinded by their contempt for Muslims in general, Le Pen\u2019s supporters have been easy prey for the argument that, just as Muslims over here, Muslims over there in Gaza deserve no less than to be brutally killed simply for the crime of being who they are.<\/p>\n The only notable outlier in Europe in this regard is probably the Alternative for Germany (AfD), and it is not really difficult to imagine why it has been the least likely far-right movement in Europe for Israel to partner with. As a result, it is also the least likely far-right movement in Europe to enter government, even as it consistently polls among the strongest. The so-called \u201cred wall\u201d against the AfD in German politics is built for a reason.<\/a><\/p>\n
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