'The election in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend should alarm everyone who cares about the future of Jewish life in Germany,' the Israeli diplomat said.

How Germany's hardline AfD is challenging the political establishment.

Although, according to Germany, every state has the right to choose its own capital, it doesn't extend the same courtesy to Israel.

Days before a closely watched regional election in Germany, European lawmaker Beatrix von Storch, a leading member of the nationalist party Alternative for Germany, launched an attack on a prominent Jewish activist, calling Wednesday for the anti-racism organization she heads to be shut down.

First Slovakia, now Germany. Nationalist and far-right tendencies are becoming prevalent in Europe in wake of the great Muslim migration from the Middle East.