Israel invites Western far-right figures to conference on combatting anti-semitism

Israel is inviting Western far-right figures and parties to a conference against anti-semitism, amid Tel Aviv’s ongoing grooming of the political conservatives.

According to Israeli media outlets, the ‘International Conference on Combating Antisemitism’ being held in the occupied city of Jerusalem this month – organised by Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry – has invited far-right and conservative figures from across Europe and the West for attendance.

Such figures include Jordan Bardella, the leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, Argentina’s president Javier Milei, MEP Hermann Tertsch from Spain’s far-right Vox party, MEP Charlie Weimers from the far-right Sweden Democrats party, French MEP Marion Maréchal, and MEP Kinga Gál from Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party.

Also invited are right-wing religious figures and thought leaders, including the UK’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy.

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Scheduled to take place at the end of this month, on 26 and 27 March as part of Diaspora Week, the conference on combatting anti-semitism also consists of a program providing activities such as a choice of guided tours to either Judea and Samaria or the Gaza border, a gala evening at the Israeli president’s residence, and roundtable discussions and panels on a variety of topics.

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry’s invitation of the far-right figures and parties to the conference notably comes at a time when Israel continues with its campaign to attract, collaborate with, and co-opt conservative movements throughout Europe and the wider West, apparently viewing them and their supporters as viable supporters of Israel and Zionism.

The list of those figures has even reportedly caught Israel’s president Isaac Herzog by surprise, with the outlet Haaretz being told by the president’s residence that it was “surprised to hear who the invitees are”, particularly due to the conference focusing on combating anti-semitism.

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