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Noah Phillips

Noah Phillips is a contributor to the news and public-policy group Haym Salomon Center.

Despite seemingly common ground between Israel and the AfD, the anti-Semitic history of the party would likely serve as a hindrance to a robust AfD-Israeli partnership, both economically and diplomatically.
From universal health care to equality for minorities and the LGBTQ community, Israel should be their model nation. Instead, they vilify the Jewish state and advocate replacing the only de-mocracy in the Middle East with another Islamic theocracy that would imprison and execute gays, and treat women and minorities as second-class citizens.
It’s unfortunate that the majority of headlines about her proclaimed some variation of “First Muslim-American Woman Makes Run for Congress,” entirely ignoring her policies and her malign associates.