The changing face of antisemitism- the obsessive hatred and media coverage of Israel is the latest form.
Antisemitism has been around for millenia and is one of if not the oldest forms of hate. Despite pogroms, mass genocide that happened only 80 or so years ago and the supposed enlightenment and education of western society, it shows no signs of stopping or slowing.
Antisemitism is the cancer that not only keeps on growing, but keeps on growing resistance to treatment and changing form. Persecution on religious grounds was one of if not the earliest forms of antisemitism. Jews were accused of killing Christ and making a pact with the devil. They were either forced to convert to Christianity or Islam. Many chose to flee. Jews were expelled and excluded from society.
The 20th century saw a shift from religious to racial persecution. Hitler and the Nazis saw Jews as an inferior sub-human race. The Second World War saw one of if not the most atrocious systematic genocides the world has ever seen- the mass murder of six million Jews. Shockingly many still deny it ever happened and refuse for their children learn about the Holocaust at school.
Since the inception of the State of Israel in 1948, the shape of antisemitism has yet again changed form. Anti-Israel sentiment has risen exponentially in the 21st century. Many would argue that antisemitism and being anti-Israel is not the same thing, but this is as much of an oxymoron as a neo-Nazi who claims that they don’t have a problem with Jews. Antisemitism and being anti-Israel go hand in hand. It’s like saying that you like Italians, but you don’t think that they should have their own country.
By being anti-Israel, you’re denying the Jewish people a homeland which they rightly deserve and has been theirs since ancient times. After all Judaism is the world’s oldest religion and there is vast archeological and historical evidence to support the Jewish people’s claim to Israel.
Also Israel is the world’s only Jewish majority state. The centuries of persecution and danger was a major catalyst for the Jewish people to establish a state of their own in order to have security and safety. Despite being a Jewish majority state, Israel is also home to Muslims, Christians and other minority religions who all have the same rights. There is religious freedom in Israel as opposed to the majority of Muslim countries that persecute other religions or don’t allow citizens to practice any religion other than Islam. Not following Islam is punishable by death in many of these countries.
The anti-Israel lobby falsely accuse Israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing. How can Israel be accused of ethnic cleansing when many non-Jews live perfectly happily in Israel and have the same rights as Jews? As for genocide; the Palestinian terrorist organizations use the Palestinian people as human shields. The Palestinian authority also inflates the number of casualties and deaths in order to gain more aid and sympathy.
It seems like Israel is the only country in the world that isn’t allowed to defend itself. No other country on this planet faces as much media coverage, scrutiny and hatred as Israel does. The world doesn’t care about the casualties and deaths in the Ukraine and Russia war. In fact you barely hear about Ukraine and Russia in the news anymore. Nobody has an issue with Ukraine defending itself from Russia.
Many would argue that Israel is not a legitimate country and doesn’t belong to the Jews. Well if you look at colonization, you could say that the colonized countries don’t belong to the colonists such as Australia. By that principle it should belong to the aboriginis. Canada and America by that principle also shouldn’t be viewed as legitimate countries either. They should belong to the indigenous people. Nobody questions these countries’ right to exist.
This links back to Judaism not being viewed as a legitimate religion or a legitimate race in the past. Antisemitism denies Judaism and the Jewish people any kind of legitimacy or rights. The media and societal obsession with Israel is terrifying. The Nazi flag has been replaced with the Palestinian flag. Anti-Jewish propaganda swept through the world in the 1930’s, but now it’s not any different. Anti-Israel propaganda is just as powerful and overwhelming as the Nazi propaganda about the Jews.
Every time I see a Palestinian flag and pro-Palestine rally, shivers run down my spine. I feel what my grandparents must have felt living in Nazi Germany. I no longer feel safe as a Jew living in my own country. England is dominated by a huge politically leftist and far right Islamic presence. These groups are very skilled at spreading their anti-Israel propaganda like the Nazis.
We’re the same evil spawns of Satan that were accused of killing babies and controlling the media. Now we’re accused of killing Palestinian children. The Palestinian terrorist organisations are seen as the heroes, trying so hard to fight against the enemy. The parallel to the Nazis is so shocking and scaringly similar. The Nazis were seen as the “heroes” wanting to rid the world of the evil Jews.
It was only until it was too late, that people began to realise that their plan to eliminate those deemed as inferior extended beyond annihilating Jews. People forgot that the Nazis also murdered disabled people, homosexuals, gypsies, political rebels and Jehovah Witnesses.
Hammas and Hezbollah don’t just want to annihilate Israel and the Jews. They want to extend their control and reign of terror over other nations. They want to annihilate the infidels and spread Sharia Law all over the world. Nobody will be immune. By then it’ll be too late. Hammas and Hezbollah will be halfway towards conquering the world like the Nazis.
As a Jew I feel fucking scared. What will happen to me and my people? The world seems to have forgotten about the Shoah and many even deny it. Will the countries our ancestors sought refuge in start to expel us like in Medieval times? Will there be another genocide of the Jews? This time to counteract the “genocide” of the Palestinians?
You may think you’re a good person for supporting Palestine and the poor Palestinians but really you’ve been brainwashed. If you’re a decent person you’d campaign against and feel just as strongly about the real injustices in the world. You’d gather in the streets to protest about the oppression of women by the Taliban or the oppressed people in North Korea in the hands of dictator Kim Jong Un. Why don’t you care so much the war in Ukraine? If you’re truly a good person why don’t you spend your energy on rallies supporting other groups of people? Instead of chanting “free Palestine”, why don’t you chant “free women from the Taliban”, “free North Korea from Kim Jong Un” or “free Ukraine from Russian oppression”? By only caring about Palestinian causes, you’re contributing to antisemitism.
So what’s the cure for antisemitism? Well just as scientists are discovering new advances for treating and curing previously unresponsive forms of cancer, I hope that one day it will be the same case for antisemitism. Only through compulsory education about antisemitism and Judaism like in Germany and dismantling and fighting against radical Islam and leftist groups, we might stand a chance of putting an end to antisemitism.
