A political coalition known as the “Red-Green Alliance”—bringing together Europe’s far-left parties and Islamist groups—is increasingly shaping continental policy. This partnership is particularly evident regarding Israel, as the continent faces a troubling surge in antisemitism that critics directly attribute to this alliance.
With Muslim voters becoming an increasingly dominant demographic across Europe, left-wing and far-left factions are heavily influenced by this crucial voting bloc.
In the United Kingdom last week, critics alleged that the left-wing Labour government imposed sanctions on Israel primarily to recapture Muslim voters from far-left, anti-Israel factions such as the Green and Independent parties. Conservative lawmaker Tom Tugendhat characterized the sanctions’ announcement as “performative politics.”
Concurrently, exit polls from Sweden’s state broadcaster indicate that votes from non-European Swedes have propelled an alliance of left-wing parties to a narrow three-seat lead over the right-leaning coalition currently led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
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Campaign posters from the Social Democrats and Communist parties adorn a public space during Sweden’s general elections in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sept. 13, 2026. (Atila Altuntas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Swedish political researcher Tobias Hübinette pointed to the victory of Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, asserting that the Swedish election results signify a “Mamdanification” of urban Sweden, with the divide between urban and rural areas now wider than ever.
“They should be in disagreement,” Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, the senior envoy to Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told Fox News Digital, “but the Islamists are very capable of covering that up for political purposes… The antisemitism we witness today, particularly in Western Europe, is fueled far more by the far left’s discourse.”
Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society in the U.K., stated, “For a decade, Europe has directed its anxieties almost exclusively toward the far-right. While that vigilance is warranted, it has left a blind spot on the other flank… Antisemitism is not any less dangerous simply because it arrives waving a progressive banner.”
Janek Treiber, a research fellow at Dresden University of Technology, noted, “There is indeed an intriguing alliance between the supposedly progressive Left and regressive forces within Islamism.” He explained that “the unifying factor is a kind of victimization narrative. For the Left supporting the Palestinian cause, Muslims are the oppressed and the West—including Israel—are the oppressors… Whether Muslims hold conservative-religious views in this context is irrelevant.”
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Protesters hold flags and placards during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Voters in Berlin are heading to the polls this Sunday, with surveys showing the far-left Die Linke party—literally translated as “The Left”—leading the center-right Christian Democratic Union by two points.
“In Berlin, a party polling at the top of the field has factions that share platforms, demonstrations, and slogans with networks that German security services themselves link to Hamas and the PFLP,” Mendoza claimed. “When ‘Death to the IDF’ and ‘Intifada’ are chanted at an election event, and the party defends the leader who initiated them, the red line has been erased, not crossed.”
Rodan-Benzaquen noted that while Germany’s political “firewall” against far-right parties like the AfD “seems to work more or less on the right, it doesn’t on the left,” because “there is a perception that whatever comes from the left, even the far-left, is not morally as repugnant as anything that comes from the right.”
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Pro-Palestinian activists from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by left-wing parties including People Before Profit and the Socialist Party, march from the Garden of Remembrance to Connell Street and Leinster House during the National March for Palestine in Dublin, Ireland, on May 18, 2024. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Germany and the U.K. are not isolated in this trend. In Spain, the far-left Sumar party is part of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s ruling coalition. Their electoral support was strongest in areas with high Muslim populations, with party members attending demonstrations alongside Muslim Brotherhood-adjacent groups and Islamist-leaning networks organizing Gaza protests. Party members have also pushed for Spain to recognize a Palestinian state and have referred to Israel as an “apartheid state.” Spain officially recognized a Palestinian state in 2024.
France’s far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party has faced accusations of “Islamo-leftism” from academics and ministers. De facto leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon refused to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization, and party members marched with Islamist-linked NGOs during Gaza protests. The LFI’s popularity is rising ahead of next year’s presidential election, with Le Monde reporting that the party’s electoral strength lies in Muslim-majority suburban districts.
Israeli Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka told Fox News Digital, “The way [LFI leader] Jean-Luc Mélenchon speaks in front of a crowd reminds me of Hitler. The way he uses the idea of uniting against one enemy by speaking of Israel is similar to the way Hitler used to speak about the Jews.”
Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the French left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party, delivers a speech during an electoral campaign meeting for a local LFI candidate in Marseille, southern France, on March 7, 2026. (Miguel Medina / AFP via Getty Images)
Commenting on the U.K. government’s sanctions on Israel, Britain’s Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis called the announcement “a truly dark day for British Jews” on X. He warned, “Gesture politics of this kind feeds into an increasingly hostile discourse about Israel,” cautioning that such policies could “further embolden those, at home and abroad, who use hatred as a weapon against Jews.”
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Former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Gove, Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice, and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis lead a march against antisemitism demonstration in central London, on September 7, 2025. (Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images)
Pointing to the U.K., Rodan-Benzaquen stated that the alliance expanded while Jeremy Corbyn led the Labour Party. “You have this far-left anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist opposition to American power and, of course, to Israel itself. An alliance with Islamist organizations and movements that adopt a common language, despite disagreeing on many topics… They have basically transformed from a party concerned with class and improving social rights into one focused on identity politics and appealing to specific voters.”
She emphasized that the red-green alliance is not new. “We’ve seen it for a long time. We’ve actually seen it in the Islamic Republic of Iran when the Islamic Revolution happened.”
Protesters from several London universities attend an anti-Israel demonstration on Oct 7, 2025, in London, England. The demonstration coincides with the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel, which resulted in over 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Europe’s Muslim population is estimated to be 45–46 million, a 15.9% increase from 2010, according to Pew Research Center projections. The same study found that the population of European Jewry has fallen to under 1.3 million, an 8% decline from 2010.
Rodan-Benzaquen noted regarding European Jews, “electorally, we don’t weigh,” leaving them to become a political football once again. She stated that when left and far-left parties claim to fight antisemitism, “the only reason why they’re saying it is because it’s a tool to attack the far-right.”
Tyler Speicher is an American journalist residing in Slovenia after spending 25 years covering stories for New York City news outlets, ranging from the Little League World Series to hurricanes, 9/11 and its aftermath, including 20 years on the Fox News Channel assignment desk.
