
AfD representatives have publicly welcomed these Jews into their ranks. Whether this welcome is sincere or not I don't know. But I issue my friends in that party (several of whom are readers of this blog....beste Wünsche für das neue Jahr, meine Freunde!) with this piece of advice. Proceed with extreme caution. Because as even mainstream Jewish commentary on this development makes clear, these new members will be motivated by the timeless and immutable question: 'What's best for the Jews?'.
In the short term the AfD will surely benefit. To an extent it will shield them from the Neo-Nazi charge ('don't hit me with a
So take care, meine Freunde. Of course you have to accept these members. The world would fall in were you to reject them. But watch carefully, understand the game plan and never forget their guiding motif: 'what's best for the Jews'.