To think there are very few allies against Anti-Semitism?

It's not condescending to smile at someone.

It's easy to keep your head down and ignore people, it takes more courage to engage with people and smile at them. I have always appreciated people taking the time to smile at me and talk to me.

Oh that was hilarious! That couple - if they existed, you don't tend to see Hasidic Jews using the tube for reasons too obvious to go into here - must have thought you were off your head with your condescending grinning. Do you also smile at black people so they know you don't think less of them despite, well, you know.

What rubbish. Of course Hasidic Jews use the tube. I get on the tube at Colindale and at Golders Green it's not unusual to see them at all.

Why don't you actually read the thread rather than posting useless comments?

Oh that was hilarious! That couple - if they existed, you don't tend to see Hasidic Jews using the tube for reasons too obvious to go into here - must have thought you were off your head with your condescending grinning. Do you also smile at black people so they know you don't think less of them despite, well, you know.

Why don't you actually read the thread rather than posting useless comments?

What do you want an ally of anti- semitism to look like. If I saw a young Jewish women with kids getting harassed, because I can’t stand bullying and I’m not easily intimidated I’d more than likely step in . I gave an example where I did conflate what is going on in Israel with a Jewish couple in describing my over smiling at them. I recognised what I was doing and gave my head a wobble. I live in Hackney and have lived, worked for and was brought up around the biggest Orthodox Jewish community in the Uk. I am not anti - semitic.

Not read the entire thread but let me guess the gist of many comments.

The fun game of good Jew/bad Jew
It wasn't because you're Jewish, it's because Londoners are unfriendly/everyone is horrible/maybe you don't look Jewish (enough)
I'm not anti-Semitic but Gaza
Jews play victim
Jews scream antisemitism whenever Israel is criticised
Zionism blah blah

What have I missed out?

You should read the thread.

You've got a staunch ally here. People seem to forget the atrocities caused by Hamas, which are a terrorost group.

I caught a bit off Sky news on the matter and their biased reporting was breath taking. No wonder people's brains are full of mush with the tripe mainstream media pump out.

I have repeatedly asked for the thread not to be derailed, you seem to have been selective in your reading. You are also seeking to blame me for other posters derailing the thread.

If you are an ally, you are doing an incredibly poor job of showing it.

I give up with you. I asked repeatedly for it not to be derailed.

You clearly have an agenda. The reality is of course I cannot control other posters.

You are still failing to see how holding Jews collectively responsible is in itself Anti-Semitic. Please reflect on that.

Theres a lot of pics in the news recently of starving babies, being sobbed over by their plump mothers

That post was one example, of the many.

I have repeatedly asked for this not to be derailed. You have very selective reading. I am asking again for the same.

Not read the entire thread but let me guess the gist of many comments.

The fun game of good Jew/bad Jew
It wasn't because you're Jewish, it's because Londoners are unfriendly/everyone is horrible/maybe you don't look Jewish (enough)
I'm not anti-Semitic but Gaza
Jews play victim
Jews scream antisemitism whenever Israel is criticised
Zionism blah blah

What have I missed out?

How is this relevant to a discussion of antisemitism in the UK?

Hostages are the only leverage Hamas has.

Israel also holds thousands of Palestinians including children who have not been given a trial.

Furthermore, it’s pretty clear that Israel is holding the entire Palestinian population hostage by trapping them in Gaza and the West Bank, blockading aid, food and medicine. A whole population held hostage.

None of what I have written is in any way antisemitic by the way.

Hostages are the only leverage Hamas has.

Israel also holds thousands of Palestinians including children who have not been given a trial.

Furthermore, it’s pretty clear that Israel is holding the entire Palestinian population hostage by trapping them in Gaza and the West Bank, blockading aid, food and medicine. A whole population held hostage.

None of what I have written is in any way antisemitic by the way.

That was the one . My point was, not that it is right but that by pretending that there is no correlation between watching the news filled with images of dying children starved by the current Israelis government and the rise in anti-Jewish sentiment is naive at best . I was on the tube last week and there was a young Hasidic Jewish couple next to me . I was smiling at them too much in an attempt to say you’re alright we know it’s not you . I stopped myself because I knew they did not need my smiling at them however I realised that my over smiling was myself making a correlation with Zionist policy and the Jewish couple .