#but interestingly that wasnt brought ip

[mithliya]

first part is true (antisemitism is alive & well & it is a major issue that should be combatted.)

the second part… israel funded hamas too. israel literally propped up hamas. why? because hamas makes forming a palestinian state more difficult and makes israel’s actions more justifiable.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/07/30/how-israel-helped-create-hamas/

also the idea that hamas will ensure that every sunni muslim & jewish person is dead is bizarre to me. HAMAS IS A SUNNI ISLAMIST GROUP. sunni muslims are like 90% of muslims. and i read op’s source, not only did it not even say what they claim (it does say several muslim countries like turkey, iran, malaysia, and qatar, most of whom are sunni btw, may benefit from this. it doesn’t say anything about iran’s masterplan being “as many Sunni Muslims and Jews dead as possible so they can more easily establish the global dominance of Iranian Shiite rule”.) but it also is very clearly a biased paper:

this paper was moreso an analysis of some guy named johnathan schanzer’s claims. here’s who schanzer is:

hes an american guy who wrote about how attacking hospitals is justifiable bc said hospitals are “hamas command centers” (a claim even western doctors at al-shifa said they’ve seen no proof of in their years working at the hospital). this is by no means a reliable source.

that said, sure, IF hamas were to in any way succeed, then some muslim leaders (specifically ones with islamist leanings) may benefit. but pretending iran will benefit “maybe more than the west will” is clearly downplaying what the west gains from this. and acting like hamas actually winning is even likely, when israel literally has the power to withhold food, water, fuel, and electricity from the entirety of gaza & the ability to commit a genocide against gaza and has one of the best militaries in the world AND LITERALLY HAS A HISTORY OF UPLIFTING HAMAS, is out of touch.

and the last sentence pretending like middle eastern nations invented european and western antisemitism is bizarre to me. no, not every middle eastern country has leaders trapped in a state of victimhood. in fact, most times i talk to other middle eastern people, we generally agree that our country’s leaders are cruel and do not care about us. but yeah id say our countries being primarily under dictatorships & many of these dictatorships being literally upheld by the west and funded by the west, or having a history with the west helping them come to power, and the fact that several nations in our region have been utterly destroyed with the help of the west does point to the west’s power and middle eastern people being victimised by that power. but maybe that’s just me.

This past Saturday, an antisemitic mob hundreds strong in Russia rioted and shut down an airport. They were trying to find, catch, and murder Jews entering the country. That same day, a Jewish community centre in a different part of Russia was burned down, and "Death to Jews" was painted on the rubble. [1] [14]

On October 9th, protestors in Sydney, Australia chanted "Gas the Jews." [2]

There has been a 300% increase in antisemitic incidents in the UK, including kosher grocery stores being broken into and vandalized, and cars shouting "Kill Jews" at London Synagogues. [3]

Over the past month in Germany: Holocaust memorials have been defaced. The phrase "Jewish pigs" was spray-painted on a Green Party office after a party member spoke out about antisemitism. A teenager at a rally shouted "I want Adolf Hitler back. I’m for Hitler, for gassing the Jews." Molotov cocktails were thrown into synagogues. [3] [4]

On October 21st, Italians shouted, "Open the borders so we can kill the Jews." [5]

In Canada, a Jewish Community Center was egged by a man shouting antisemitic slurs, a Jewish business was, and a local Rabbi had a swastika drawn on his window. [11] [12]

Over the past month, synagogues have been defaced or raided in Austria, Colombia, Chile, France, Portugal and Spain. A historic synagogue was burned down in Tunisia. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [13]

All that happened this month, this year. I'm not even touching on the past twenty years of global antisemitism. I'm not even mentioning the United States.

Who told you the proponents of antisemitism and the enemies of Jews were dead? Who told you that our culture and religion were respected in the diaspora? Who told you we could be safely Jewish in “our own countries"? Who lied to you?