Rise of nationalist AfD cause for ‘great concern,’ Israeli envoy says – Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff highlights ‘series of anti-Semitic statements’ by Alternative for Germany leaders | Times of Israel

Israel’s ambassador to Germany expressed “great concern” over the rise of the Alternative for Germany party, which earlier this week became the first far-right faction to enter the Bundestag since the end of World War II.
“The election result of the AfD causes us great concern,” Jeremy Issacharoff told the Die Welt daily on Tuesday, referring to the party by its German acronym. His remarks were the first public comment by a senior Israeli diplomat on the success of the AfD, which is considered by many Jews to be anti-Semitic but purports to have pro-Israel positions.