{"id":308552,"date":"2025-05-12T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=308552"},"modified":"2025-05-13T06:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:22:05","slug":"zio-populism-the-new-alliance-between-israel-and-europes-nationalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=308552","title":{"rendered":"Zio-Populism: The New Alliance Between Israel and Europe\u2019s Nationalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jose Alberto Nino \u2013 The Unz Review May 11, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The present populist era is rife with all manner of odd realignments.<\/p>\n

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt recently faced sharp criticism<\/a> from its ex-director Abraham Foxman over his initial plan to speak at the Israeli Diaspora Ministry\u2019s International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem. For Foxman, the current ADL chief\u2019s decision to share the stage with European populist figures was a bridge too far.<\/p>\n

This conference counted<\/a> on the presence of Jordan Bardella, the leader of France\u2019s National Rally party; member of the European Parliament Hermann Tertsch of Spain\u2019s Vox party; MEP Charlie Weimers of the Sweden Democrats party; MEP Marion Mar\u00e9chal, granddaughter of National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen; and MEP Kinga G\u00e1l, of Hungary\u2019s governing Fidesz party.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither the left nor the right are friends of Israel and the Jewish people,\u201d said Abraham Foxman, who led the ADL for nearly three decades. \u201cSince the explosion of left-inspired antisemitism and anti-Israel hate in the last several years, the pseudo-Fascist right is trying to use the Jewish community as a platform, to demonstrate how legitimate and tolerant they are. Israel and the Jewish community should not give them legitimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foxman is correct. Parties like the AfD and National Rally gain legitimacy by being slavishly pro-Israel\u2014an excellent marker of the power of Jews in Western societies.<\/p>\n

The presence of these controversial figures prompted a backlash from the ruling liberal establishment of the West. Felix Klein, Germany\u2019s commissioner for combating antisemitism, canceled<\/a> his appearance, citing his shock at the participation of populist politicians. Likewise, French-Jewish intellectual and ardent Zionist Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy<\/a> withdrew from his keynote address after learning Bardella would be speaking at the conference. Greenblatt, himself, eventually bowed<\/a> out as speaker.<\/p>\n

Bardella was particularly vehement in his comments on anti-Semitism:<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Oct. 7 [2023] in particular, France and Europe are witnessing a deadly honeymoon between Islamists and the far left,\u201d Bardella said. \u201cOne provides the fanatics, the other institutionalizes the evil \u2026 We have to face anti-Jewish action head on \u2026 We have a solemn commitment in France to fight antisemitism everywhere at all times in all of its forms, whether from radical Islamists and the far left or the far right and their delirious plots. None of this hatred has any place in France or Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bardella linked \u201cthe rise of Islamism, resurgence of antisemitism and the migratory phenomenon tearing apart all Western societies,\u201d and said that the \u201cNational Rally is the best shield for the Jews in France.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast with his party\u2019s founder, Bardella noted that he visited Yad Vashem and spoke of \u201cthe unspeakable horrors\u201d of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n

Despite the controversy surrounding the Israeli-sponsored conference, it proceeded without issue. Overall, it reflects a notable shift in Israeli foreign relations, spearheaded by Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli of the Likud Party. Even before the Israeli government officially abandoned its policy of avoiding cooperation with right-wing populist parties in Europe, Chikli had been engaging with European populists.<\/p>\n

He made appearances at conservative gatherings such as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, where he praised President Donald Trump for his efforts to combat<\/a> antisemitism. Chikli also spoke<\/a> last year at Europa Viva 24<\/em>, a gathering hosted by Spain\u2019s Vox party, where he shared a platform with Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n

This growing closeness between Israel\u2019s current leadership and European nationalist parties has stirred controversy both at home and abroad. Chikli\u2019s vocal support for Le Pen during France\u2019s recent elections drew criticism from diplomats in both countries. Last month, he and several Likud colleagues attended CPAC Hungary<\/a>. In Western capitals, Hungary has been increasingly treated<\/a> as a pariah for its unconventional foreign policy of treating NATO rivals such as China and Russia as normal countries and for its defense of traditional values<\/a> and opposition<\/a> to mass migration.<\/p>\n

To those who have a rudimentary knowledge of Jewish influence in Western politics, the notion of Jewish groups aligning themselves with the populist would be almost unheard of. However, for seasoned observers of Jewish political behavior, these Jewish overtures to the European right are another classic case of the \u201cKosher Sandwich<\/a>.\u201d The strategy is quite simple: Jews take advantage, or sometimes even create a pressing social issue \u2014 immigration in this case. They subsequently insert themselves and their associates into both sides of the debate. But the Jewish interest in this case is to twist and exploit the issue for their own interests. Political newcomers, unaware of the deception, accept the Jew as an ally, convinced they are united in a common cause \u2014 only to be misled in the end.<\/p>\n

One can see this in the \u201ccounter-Jihad<\/a>\u201d movement. Anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson, who has a history of receiving funding from the pro-Israel Middle East Forum<\/a> and Jewish tech billionaire Robert Shillman,<\/a> has been one of the most useful front goys for Jewish interests. While he has valid critiques about Islam\u2019s corrosive influence in the United Kingdom and other West countries, Robinson has no issue<\/a> with the UK importing millions of Hindus and Sikhs from the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n

In effect, Robinson serves Jewish interests by promoting a Zionist-approved form of immigration restriction. Certain non-Whites \u2014 Muslims from the Middle East and South Asia \u2014 are demonized and barred from entering Western countries while other non-Whites less hostile, or at least apathetic, to Jewish political machinations continue flooding the Old Continent by the millions. West.<\/p>\n

Jewish co-optation of European populist parties is a multi-decade project. Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orb\u00e1n, who has otherwise sensible views on immigration and foreign policy, has a blindspot<\/a> for Israel. This is largely due to his connection to Jewish Republican strategist Arthur Finkelstein\u2014one of the key architects of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s electoral successes.<\/p>\n

As a result of this Jewish connection, Orb\u00e1n has been one of Israel\u2019s strongest diplomatic allies<\/a> in Europe, especially in the post-October 7 world. Despite his positive overtures to the Israeli government, the Hungarian Prime Minister continues to be demonized<\/a> for being antisemitic by Western liberal institutions.<\/p>\n

Such Jewish penetration of the populist Right has also been present in Italy. Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy\u2019s right-wing Lega party, has cultivated strong ties with Israel, particularly under Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s leadership. Salvini has visited Israel multiple times, including in 2018 when he met Netanyahu, who called<\/a> him a \u201cgreat friend of Israel.\u201d During these visits, Salvini expressed<\/a> support for Israeli policies and criticized the EU\u2019s stance on Israel.<\/p>\n

A similar trend has occurred in the Netherlands. Geert Wilders, the founder and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) has a long-standing, personal connection<\/a> to Israel, having lived and volunteered there as a young man and visited the country dozens of times. He firmly believes<\/a> that Israel should have dominion over the entire land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, opposes the creation of a Palestinian state, and has openly advocated for moving the Dutch embassy to Jerusalem. Wilders has met with Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and other high-ranking officials. He has been welcomed<\/a> as a \u201ctrue friend of Israel\u201d by Netanyahu and has attended official events in Israel.<\/p>\n

With prominent French populist leader Marine Le Pen being convicted for embezzling European Union funds, Israel now sees an opening for outreach in the French populist scene. It has invited Jordan Bardella<\/a>, president of the National Rally (RN), and Marion Mar\u00e9chal<\/a> (Le Pen\u2019s niece), to official conferences in Jerusalem, including the aforementioned government-organized antisemitism conference attended by the Netanyahu government.<\/p>\n

Both Le Pen and Bardella have sought to rebrand the National Rally as a party amicable to Zionism, emphasizing support for the Jewish state\u2019s security and opposition to \u201cIslamist ideology<\/a>.\u201d Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Chikli publicly endorsed Le Pen, calling her \u201cexcellent for Israel<\/a>\u201d due to her anti-immigration and anti-Islamist positions.<\/p>\n

The linking of right-wing populism with Zionist-friendly causes has also been pursued by political strategists and intellectuals like Steve Bannon<\/a> and Yoram Hazony<\/a> since the 2010s. Their distinctive approaches\u2014Bannon\u2019s political organizing versus Hazony\u2019s think tank-building\u2014represent two avenues that the American conservative movement has taken to make the world safe for Zionism in the populist era.<\/p>\n

All things considered, what\u2019s unfolding here appears to be a part of a backup plan for international Jewry to preserve itself in a 21st century marked by significant geopolitical upheaval. In a world where the United States can\u2019t always be counted on to slavishly defend Israel, Jewish interest groups will strive to have all their bases covered by buying off populist parties abroad. As more and more voters in the West grow disillusioned with the post-World War II order, populist parties are well-positioned to upend traditional conservative and liberal parties and assume the levers of power.<\/p>\n

As a result, the shiftiest elements of the transnational Jewish community will make attempts to insinuate themselves in these populist parties to ensure that they don\u2019t become explicitly anti-Israel, much less antisemitic. Europe\u2019s natural tendency, as evidenced by the scores of mass expulsions of the Jews across the Old Continent over two millennia<\/a> of recorded history, is one of directly confronting the excesses of Jewish economic and political machinations.<\/p>\n

To prevent this persistent element of European politics from making a comeback, Jewish interest groups have made it a point to defang White political power on both sides of the pond since the end of World II. In a post-liberal order, where the United States is no longer the unipolar power and its NGO appendages have lost their credibility, the Jewish diaspora will continue its subversive agenda albeit with a few tweaks in its strategy. Enter kosher populism\u2014the only form of White grievance politics allowed in Jewish-dominated polities.<\/p>\n

White advocates would be wise to not fall for the glossy exterior of regime-approved \u201cpopulist\u201d movements. While they may appear to be anti-system, their flaws with respect to challenging Jewish influence, ruin whatever positives they bring to the table. A hardened political cynic would view philosemitic populist organizations as containment vehicles designed to deradicalize Whites and prepare them for their eventual replacement by millions of foreign interlopers. Under normal circumstances, the White segment of the electorate would be gravitating towards nationalist parties that confront Jewish political power head on.<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t be stressed enough that European ethnic nationalism and strong anti-Zionist political movements are not permitted in the West. By leveraging hate speech laws, enforcing deplatforming across social media and financial sectors, and promoting controlled opposition groups, the Jewish lobby has thoroughly shaped the discourse in a way that prevents a friend-enemy distinction from ever materializing\u2014the critical factor in undermining the Jewish supremacist projects.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the Talmudic sleight of hand a certain faction of Jews has employed in their infiltration of nationalist groups, they ensure that Whites become cognitively polluted by Judaized talking points and expend vast resources and political energy in futile causes. In the meantime, the transnational criminal enterprise that is the Jewish global network continues to act with impunity\u2014be it in the Middle East through the further consolidation of Israel\u2019s geopolitical standing or by accelerating the demographic annihilation of the West via mass migration.<\/p>\n

A strict policy of social distancing from institutions that are committed to preserving the Judeo-American Empire is of the essence. Given the demographic crises facing so many Western countries, it makes little sense to strike a Faustian pact with the Jewish institutions responsible for these developments.<\/p>\n

As they say, with the Jews you lose.<\/p>\n

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