The Fake Antisemitism Epidemic

Jews and some rightwingers are raising a fuss about an antisemitism epidemic. There doesn’t seem to be an increase in vulgar antisemitism or at least not much of one. This is the “Jews have horns…Jews killed Jesus…Jews are buried standing up” bullshit.

About whether there is an increase in obsessive and conspiratorial (Nazi) antisemitism, that’s hard to say for sure. It’s definitely more out in the open.

Most “antisemitism” is just anti-Israel sentiment, which is quite logical considering its origins as a ethnosupremacist, hyper-militaristic, wildly paranoid, and apartheid state. And it’s been this way since 1948. Israel hasn’t changed at all. Netanyahu isn’t special. Netanyahu is Israel. Most Israelis agree with him and where they disagree it’s not about treatment of the Palestinians. And Netanyahu is more or less the essence of Israel for all of its history. It’s always been like this and probably will be until the foreseeable future. It’s true that it’s never been openly genocidal like this, but it’s always had those tendencies.

That’s why the whole “I support a 2 state solution and oppose settlements” crowd is ridiculous. There will never be a Palestinian state. The settlements are not only not going away, but they are expanding all the time. When is this dream “nice Israel” going to show up? Never at this rate.

Considering that Israel committing a major genocide against the Palestinian people (the death count is still not known), it’s no wonder so many people hate it.

The antisemitism at universities is largely hallucinated. Most of the Palestinian demonstrations had large Jewish factions. Why on Earth would “Jews” get harassed at demos or prevented from going to class by a crowd with significant Jewish presence? They wouldn’t. All of those harassed Jews were carrying Israeli flags or doing something to show their obvious support for Israel.

A case of “violence against Jews” at one university simply involved demonstrators trying to tear an Israeli flag out of the hands of an agitator who had infiltrated their demo. That’s all it was. “From the river to the sea” isn’t a genocidal chant to my knowledge. It’s never been used to call for killing all Jews in Israel. That’s just made up. This endless fantasy pro-Israel Jews have that all pro-Palestinians want to exterminate all of the Jews on Earth must be ferociously combated.

The “antisemitic professors” are usually just anti-Israel. It’s true that there have been demonstrations outside of Hillel buildings, but that campus organization for Jewish students is well known for being extremely pro-Israel, which is why it gets attacked. Most of the antisemitic professionals outed and doxxed by Jewish activists have just been anti-Israel. The countries in the world that are “getting antisemitic” are just going more anti-Israel. The antisemitic actors and musicians are all just anti-Israel.

Yes there is some talk of Jewish money and power, but that’s what’s driving US support for Israel anyway, so it’s a legitimate beef. A lot of Jews consider this antisemitism but it’s just true. Truth is a defense against any form of bigotry. Jews do have much more money and power than other ethnic groups, and it’s not antisemitism to point that out.

The “Jewish” restaurants getting attacked were Israeli restaurants run by Israelis. One had a drawing of Israel on the glass front of the store and someone smashed it. The “Jewish deli” that got attacked in Pennsylvania was run by a pro-Israeli Jew who gave a lot of money to the IDF. That’s why there was a demo there. The “synagogue” that got attacked was selling land in the West Bank.

The two diplomats who got killed were the legal representatives of the Israeli government. Arguments that he only knew that they were Jewish are false. He knew full well who they were and even staked them out. Yes, it was a meeting “for Jews,” but it was also a meeting for young Jewish diplomats. That’s not the same thing. This was a political assassination. No one is killing Jews just for being Jews.

The very unfortunate attack on the pro-Israel parade in Colorado that wounded eight people and killed one was an anti-Israel attack by an Egyptian man who threw a Molotov cocktail at them. They were marching in support of Israel. This was not an attack on Jews. It was a political crime.

One elderly man died following an altercation at a demonstration. A pro-Palestian man and the Jewish man got into it and were yelling at each other. They got up close and the pro-Palestinian pushed the old man with a bullhorn. He fell down on the sidewalk and died. Just an unfortunate incident. No one murdered anyone.

There is little attacking Jews for being Jews. Jews are just being hysterical paranoids and reveling in their victimhood like they always do.