Author: Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and senior research fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA). An adviser on antisemitism to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served in the Italian Parliament (2008-2013) as vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee. A founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative, she has written 15 books, including October 7, Antisemitism and the War on the West, and is a leading voice on Israel, the Middle East, Europe and the fight against antisemitism.
OPINION: Fiamma Nirenstein The right-wing party that scored a landslide victory in the recent elections in Saxony seems to have provoked more outrage than reflection across Europe. Still, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is not some inexplicable creature of history. It has emerged after years of mistakes associated with immigration under former Chancellor Angela Merkel, coupled with political instability, economic anxiety, unemployment and a growing fear of war. What should really give us pause is Germany itself. Eighty years ago, Germany committed the greatest crime in history: the systematic murder of 6 million innocent Jews. In the decades since, the country…