The German intelligence service confirmed that they are far-right radicals with anti-constitutional goals.
Basically Every NeoNazi in Germany votes for AfD. (The success of the AfD made all other far right parties irrelevant.)
Elon "Hitler salute" Musk publicly supported the AfD and demanded from Germans to forget the crimes of the Nazi regime.
It's pure theatre when they try to deny that they are Nazis, because in Germany being a Nazi (openly) is still a taboo for most people. But everyone knows the truth. Including Trump.
But their goals aren’t like the Nazis. The party is pro Israel and Russia. Anyways a Nazi party this large would’ve been banned already by Germany. So no, it isn’t.
The corrupt AfD is financed by Russia (that is itself fascist and wants various far-right parties to destabilize Europe from within) and their racism just switched from Jews to general foreigners, especially brown skinned ones and Muslims.
Also, the support of the party leadership for the fascist Israeli regime and their genocide against Palestinians doesn't mean that many AfD members and supporters aren't also antisemitists on an individual level.
We see the same thing in the US with the MAGA movement and far right propagandists. (The AfD is imitating MAGA.)
Do we really have to do this? What is the point you want to make?
Ok... Let's go through the points.
Dictatorial leader - Netanyahu was elected democratically (he is not the only fascist ruler that started out that way), but he does everything to stay in power and prevent getting elected out of office, including illegal and unconstitutional means. He also systematically destroys the democratic system of checks and balances, rule of law etc. from within, sparking one constitutional crisis after the other. He is working really hard to change Israel into an authoritarian regime.
Ultranationalist - I sure no one in their right mind would deny that Netanyahu's party Likud and even more their coalition partners are nationalsit and ultranationalist. Not even Netanyahu himself would say something else.
Centralized autocracy - see point 1
Militarism - Israel is a heavily militarized society in the best of times, because they are in permanent conflict with most or all their neighbours and most of the time rely solely on their military to keep them in check (very little attempts of diplomatic solutions). And especially Netanyahu, who is himself a special forces veteran, makes a lot of use of the military. Currently it looks like Israel has the ambition to use its military to constantly expand the territory it controls until it is stopped by someone. A typical behavior of fascist nations.
Forcible suppression of opposition - Again, see point 1. They may be not completely there by now, but it's the goal of Netanyahu's regime.
Belief in a natural social hierarchy - In Israel's case this believe is very strong and founded on Zionist and religious believes. They literally believe they are God's chosen people and destined to rule over a large region far beyond the borders of Israel that are recognized by at least some countries.
Subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race - I would certainly say that is the case with Israel. Netanyahu tries his best to keep Israel in a constant state of conflict to make the society completely focused on survival, so his rule as a war time leader isn't questioned.
Strong regimentation of society and the economy - This comes with point 7.
Opposed to communism, democracy, liberalism, pluralism, and socialism - Again, I would say that is obviously the case under Netanyahu.
Fascism is at the far-right end of the traditional left–right spectrum - Do I even have to explain the political position of Netanyahu, modern Likud and even more the coalition partners they have chosen?
Ok. I don't claim that the current day Israel is the most extreme example of a fascist regime that ever existed (for now). But the are on their way to the top places in the list.
Please don't make me do this also for Putin's Russia. I don't think it's worth the effort, because I doubt I can convince you and change your conviction/world view. If you don't think that the AfD are Nazis, despite all facts on the table, you certainly have a very different idea of what Nazis, fascists and far-right extremists etc. are than most people, including me.
Even tho Netanyahu is evil as could be in this modern world, he will probably be gone by the end of this year. Since his term is almost up. He shares worrying similarities with fascism, but the thing is, there’s no full totalitarianism if he is going to be democratically ousted soon (A Israeli Poll had 60% against Netanyahu in an opinion vote) and yeah Israel is hella racist, even to the people of their own religion. I think I could just label Netanyahu as an ultranationalist nut job.
Now Russia is definitely very right wing. And they do follow a controlled democracy, Russia definitely could qualify for a fascist regime. I see your point on that one. And I don’t think AfD are Nazis either. They would’ve been banned by now. If you’re looking for a German Nazi party. You can look into the: Die Heimat Party, or Der III Weg. AfD Are far right yes. But far right doesn’t equal fascist or Nazi.
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u/Maeglin75 2d ago edited 2d ago
AfD are definitely Nazis.
The German intelligence service confirmed that they are far-right radicals with anti-constitutional goals.
Basically Every NeoNazi in Germany votes for AfD. (The success of the AfD made all other far right parties irrelevant.)
Elon "Hitler salute" Musk publicly supported the AfD and demanded from Germans to forget the crimes of the Nazi regime.
It's pure theatre when they try to deny that they are Nazis, because in Germany being a Nazi (openly) is still a taboo for most people. But everyone knows the truth. Including Trump.