- Global surge in antisemitic incidents following the conflict between Hamas and Israel, affecting Jewish communities in various countries.
- Antisemitic acts range from verbal abuse to physical assaults, often justified by anger over the Gaza conflict.
- In areas like the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, and South Africa, antisemitic incidents have increased several hundred percent compared to the same period last year.
- Official responses vary, with Western authorities generally quick to support Jewish communities, while some countries like China have not taken steps to curtail antisemitic content online.
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Antisemitism sucks. So does relentless zionism. Stop accusing all jewish people of being militaristic zionists. Stop comparing Israel to jews. Israel doesn’t represent all jews. Saudi Arabia doesn’t represent all muslims. Russia doesn’t represent all orthodox christians. Being anti Israel doesn’t make you antisemitic. Being antisemitic doesn’t make you anti Israel. Don’t confuse the two. One can cherish jewish people, culture, history and be anti Israel to whatever extent. I’m partly jewish and don’t support Israel for example.
Stop accusing all jewish people of being militaristic zionists.
The UK has been openly hostile towards its Jewish residents for centuries. Some of its highest ranking political leaders are openly anti-semitic. Much of the Zionism of the 19th century was a direct consequence of British state and popular leaders villainizing Jewish residents and businesses in the exact same manner as the Germans did a decade or two later.
Meanwhile, state media wants to tie all Jewish people to the Israeli cause, even going so far as to accuse anti-Israeli jewish people and groups as being anti-semitic themselves and hounding any kind of Palestinian peace activists for being “terrorist sympathizers” by default.
So its sort of a rock-and-hard-place for UK Jews (particularly Hasidic Jews, who categorically reject Zionism) who have had to deal with this kind of state-sanctioned harassment and violence their entire lives, to disassociate from Zionism. Both the anti-Semitic bigots and the pro-Israeli flaks seem intent on tying you to the mast-head of this sinking ship.
Saudi Arabia doesn’t represent all muslims. Russia doesn’t represent all orthodox christians.
That’s been another kind-of annoying habit of mass media. Every Muslim from Minnesota to Mecca gets treated like the most radical orthodox Wahhabist. We’ve got US Senators and British PMs alike waxing poetic about “Radical Islamic Extremism” and demanding every practitioner of the faith make formal public apologizes for whatever nonsense MBS or Ayatollah Khomeini is on about this week.
Similarly, god forbid you know a bit of Cyrillic. People lose their fucking minds over the Russia-Ukraine shit if you’re not on the “right” side (which, at least in American politics, varies entirely based on your domestic ideological leaning).
One can cherish jewish people, culture, history and be anti Israel to whatever extent.
Not according to the western press. You need to pick a fucking side. And then it becomes a competition to be the most rabid and deranged in your support of that side. Otherwise, you’re no better than a traitor.
You know what. I don’t care, right now.
This is just indecent, they want to play on both part. being the hangman and the victims.
“yeah but not all jews are…” Yes indeed, of course but there is not place to complain about 2 raw tags on a wall or a swearword hidden in the crowd. They risks nothing! This is pure indecency to cry about antisemitism right now.
The jews living in random countries all over the world have nothing to do with Israels actions and attacking them over it is fucking dumb and nothing other than racism.
I’ve seen all sorts of things called antisemitic recently so I won’t make a judgement on whether hatecrimes against jews actually went up, but it wouldn’t be surprising. People always look for the nearest scapegoat and attack them to deal with their anger.
The jews living in random countries don’t risk anything. They might if, in the current situation, they offer, even 1/10th support to Israel during demonstration because they would be clearly pissing on human rights and are fucking egocentrics! By decency, jews should not even talk about antisemitic acts (fucking joking tag on a wall)* but if they want to report it, points the cause of it: israel’s actions!
anyway, hopefully, special treatment will end for them and they will have the same rights and DUTIES than us, poor non-elected by god.
*Should I remind you the story of the landlord killing arab kid in US, 2 weeks ago?
Way to easy to paint any criticism about Israel as hatred towards Jews. Lobby groups with big money define the limits of the discourse.
This article is about Jews who aren’t Israeli. Stop derailing the conversation.
It is also about conflating legitimate antisemitic hatred with anti-Zionist sentiments. look at how EU countries are banning Pro Palestine Protest under the pretext that those protesting are systematically anti-Jews. look at how UK’s Suella Braveman is trying to quash any criticism of Israel actions under the banner of antisemitism and is working on passing lopsided authoritarian laws to imprison any critics of Israel’s genocidal records.
can you point out where the article is about the things youre saying its about
saying “anti-Semitism is on the rise” is not equal to saying “anti zionism is anti-semitism”, and recognising that anti-semitism is on the rise says nothing about someones stance on israel, palestine or the genocide going on there
Yes, but we’re the comments made while they were protesting with regard to these events? We’re they actually anti-semitic, or anti-zionist or anti-Israeli? Those are all different things. Israel would say anyone who expresses the latter two opinions is the former, but that just isn’t the case.
