The Four Lies Driving Antisemitism

This article I'm excerpting was written in 2023, but nothing has changed since then, and antisemitism has only grown uglier, more acceptable, and more blatant.

It infuriates me when Israel-haters like Mamdani, liberal celebrities, Democrats, and other ignorant people continually and obsessively spew these lies even when -- or maybe even because -- they know they have no basis in fact. But they also know there are violent consequences they incite against Jews, as we have seen time and time again, as in this 9-24-26 attack: A Brooklyn rabbi was brutally attacked and left bleeding outside of his home in Borough Park on Wednesday night.

The Jews were are still are the victims of genocide. The phrases "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" were used at the Nuremberg trials that held the perpetrators of The Holocaust responsible for their crimes. They committed actual genocide in using gas chambers to more efficiently murder at least six million European Jews.

Since so many Jew-haters refuse to believe that The Holocaust actually occurred, it's no wonder they still lie viciously today about the Hamas pogrom against Israel and Israel's response in which avoiding civilian casualties was an objective. 

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American Jewish Committee, 12-28-23 (excerpt)

Four Big Lies Driving the Alarming Surge in Antisemitism  

This piece originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post.

"After Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis in the most barbaric ways imaginable, perpetrated horrific sexual violence, and kidnapped hundreds of civilians – it’s hard to imagine anyone excusing – or even worse – celebrating this attack.

"Unfortunately, many have.

"These celebrations and attacks on Jewish communities and institutions have caused a major uptick in antisemitism worldwide. If we are going to counter this post-October 7 surge, we must identify the forces driving it. There are four big lies we must tackle head-on if we are going to be successful.

"The first is the notion that “From the River to the Sea” means the liberation of Palestinians or a secular binational Palestinian state. This couldn’t be further from the truth. It is a rallying cry for the erasure of the State of Israel and its people.

"The second is that “intifada” is a legitimate form of resistance. Rather, calls to “globalize the intifada” are a celebration of brutally violent terror campaigns waged against Israeli civilians. Those who call for a global intifada are exhorting such acts worldwide to incite violence against Jews and those who support Israel.

"The third is the idea that Israel is a white settler-colonialist state. The opposite is true. Jews have called the Land of Israel home for millennia, as proven by historical and archaeological evidence. The majority of Israelis are people of color from the Middle East and North Africa. 

"Actual European colonists set out to enrich their mother countries and/or themselves, but Jews settling in Mandatory Palestine had no mother country; they were fleeing persecution and returning to their indigenous homeland.

"The fourth, and perhaps most egregious and dangerous, is the accusation that Israel is committing genocide. While we all can mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian life, we also must state the facts. The word “genocide” – first coined in response to the Holocaust – refers to acts “committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.”

"The Palestinian population has, in reality, quintupled since 1967. Calling Israel’s actions genocidal is a modern-day blood libel that purposefully distorts the Holocaust. The genocidal actor is, rather, Hamas, whose 1988 covenant calls for the murder of Jews worldwide."