I think there's an awful lot of denial going on with the group who are fuelling the antisemitism.
The simple fact is, directing disproportionate ire and hate at Israel can be a way of expressing antisemitism.
Why do I think these marches and protests do this rather than support humanitarian aims?
Because they started on the day Israel was invaded, before they'd launched a single missile in response.
Because they often include antisemitism signs, swastikas, antisemitic chants, heil hitler hand gestures.
Because those participating in them also participate in actions such as targeting Jewish businesses, and individuals or tearing down hostage posters.
Because they often deliberately positio themselves to intimidate Jews, for example by being outside sysnogues.
Because those engaging in the movement also engage in antisemitic tropes directed at either Jews, Israelis or Israel- for example, blood libel or comments about Jews controlling governments.
Because the volume and level of obsession is completely disproportionate.
The scale and frequency of pro-Palestine protests in the UK since October 2023 is completely unprecedented in modern British history.
No humanitarian crisis, conflict, or injustice, whether apartheid South Africa, the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Rohingya genocide, Syria, or Ukraine, has ever triggered such sustained, nationwide mobilisation.
Week after week, marches have filled central London and other cities, often drawing hundreds of thousands. In terms of turnout, consistency, and geographic spread, nothing comes close.
This is not a normal protest movement - it’s a mass mobilisation of a kind never seen before for any other global cause. That alone should raise questions as it smacks of an obvious truth that people are particularly interested in demonising the one Jewish state.
I think all of it is part of a concerted effort to target Jews for hate, from every aspect of life - trying to exclude them in schools or in work settings, trying to make them feel unsafe... to me it's no different to 1930s Germany in its intent and volume.
I think that unfortunately it's being done under the guise of moral superiority, but it's obvious to me what's going on.
I'm so sorry for Jewish people. Some of us are trying hard to speak up for you.