The Israeli mainstream and European far-right fascists. A natural fit?
An Israeli lawmaker has met with the leader of Austria’s far right amid protests from the Jewish community.
He told Ynet later, “According to my research, (the Freedom Party) is the only party in Austria which supported Israel in the aftermath of the raid on the Turkish flotilla. On Thursday Strache is scheduled to accompany me to a ceremony at the Holocaust memorial and Vienna and call to strengthen the Jewish nation and the State of Israel.”
Ayoob Kara, a deputy minister and a member of Israel’s ruling Likud Party, told reporters Tuesday that he considers Heinz-Christian Strache and his Freedom Party as partners in the fight against terrorism and that there was nothing in the group’s program that “isn’t kosher.”
Austria’s Jewish community criticized the get-together and called for Kara’s resignation. Strache’s anti-immigration party recently saw a surge in support in local elections in Vienna, the country’s capital, following a campaign laced with anti-Islamic rhetoric.
Kara said he would do all he could to “legitimize” Strache in Israel and around the world.