Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD's top candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, at a party event in Halberstadt, last month. Credit: Liesa Johannssen/ReutersAs Germany's far-right AfD party surges ahead, aiming for absolute majority in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, Jewish residents and cultural leaders warn that their state could become a testing ground for the whole country03:56 PM • June 07 2026 IDTHALLE (SAALE) - The crowd in front of the entrance to the traditional German guesthouse is still growing, as more people arrive for the public panel discussion organized by the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland party, best known by its acronym AfD, in the town of Halberstadt.Trending NowForget Bibi and October 7: This Year's Election Should Be About the HaredimIsrair Flight Diverted to Croatia After Slovenia Rejects Landing'Nations Committing Genocide Don't Recognize It in Real Time'How Venture Capitalist Michael Eisenberg Became a Powerful Netanyahu ConfidantWho Was the Father of Biblical Abraham?In the NewsGreece Arrests Man in Suspected Hamas Cell Targeting Israeli TouristsSuspect Arrested for Attempting to Firebomb One of Montreal's Oldest SynagoguesTwo Days On, IDF Yet to Probe Soldier Who Fatally Shot Palestinian InfantOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelNew Mossad Chief Fires Netanyahu-tied Deputy Who Promoted Gaza Transfer PlansRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New York'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic FailureHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base