French far-right leader Jordan Bardella landed in Israel on Wednesday for the start of the two-day International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem. It’s the first time that the far-right National Rally has been invited to speak at the event – and this year, they’re joined by a slew of other far-right European parties whose attendance has sparked a wave of boycotts and controversy.
France’s National Rally leader, Jordan Bardella, told those gathered that the best option to defend French Jews against Islamism and radical leftism was his party, committing France to fight antisemitism as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition
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“National Rally led by *Marine Le Pen is the best shield for the Jews of France”
*Marine Le Pen is currently on trial for alleged fake jobs scam and embezzlement of funds from the European parliament
If the far-right is the Jews' best hope of defeating antisemitism, we must work harder to find solutions to this problem
The government of Israel is more than right to hold a conference on antisemitism
The Diaspora Ministry is right to try its best to tackle an issue that has raised its head in ways unseen and unimaginable since the Holocaust However the government need not to bring any more controversy to itself The conference should have been all-encompassing
