In Los Angeles, a man screaming "kill Jews" attempts to break into a family's home. In London, girls in a playground are told they are "stinking Jews" and should stay off the slide. In China, posts likening Jews to parasites, vampires or snakes proliferate on social media, attracting thousands of "likes".
  • 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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  • FanciestPants@lemmy.worldEnglish
    214·
    1 year ago

    I feel like there needs to be more discussion of how people can be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic. There are elements of many faiths that people can object to without being considered antagonistic of that faith. People might not hate all people who are Jewish, but also might not be too enthusiastic about the Israeli State and all of its actions, which does not make them antisemitic.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      215·
      1 year ago

      There’s also lack of understanding that when saying “anti-Zionist” you’re calling for the non-existence of the state of Israel, not for Israel to not be an apartheid state. Rabin was a Labour Zionist: He would have liked to live in peace and social democracy with Palestinians. He was killed by a Religious Zionist, people who have a long history massacring Palestinians, the kind of people who prop up Netanyahu and settle the West Bank. On the flipside there’s plenty of anti-Zionist Jews around, for secular or religious reasons (“trying to force the third temple prophecy”). Broadly speaking “Zionist” simply means “patriot of Israel” and there’s also plenty of those out there helping Palestinians with their olive harvest so that settlers don’t come over and gun them down (because shooting Israelis, even leftists, would have consequences).

      The Israeli right-wing of course doesn’t care, if a Jew says something they’d accuse others of antisemitism for they’re switching to “self-hating Jew”.