I agree antisemitism is a problem but insisting that all criticism of the Israeli government is a cover for antisemitism is wrong.
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I am horrified for the poor families of the Israelis targeted on 7/10. I understand the dread people must feel when surrounded by people who hate them. I see that the world is antisemitic and there are dangerous people who wish Jews ill. All of that is true.
But many of us grew up in communities and families where antisemitism wasn't at the forefront. I lived in a very mixed community with Jewish, Asian (Muslim and Hindu, mainly), Black, white people all going to school together and getting along OK. We were all friends together. I heard family and friends of family saying things about Asian and Black people. It was the 70s/80s in South London. People said shit. And my Black and Asian friends were harassed by the police and sometimes suffered serious racism. But I never remember a single person saying anything bad about Jewish friends and neighbours in my house. The only time I heard something once in the street was an elderly German women who said something and I was horrified. I thought it was something historical, like I'd walked into the Merchant of Venice or 1930s Germany. My parents, who could say some weird shit, liked and welcomed my Jewish friends, liked and welcomed our Jewish neighbours, respected my school friends. Used to joke around whenever I got a good mark and ask what Gil got because he was the only person in my class who ever did as well as I did. They spoke about the holocaust and my dad would get tearful because his father was career munitions in the army and was involved in some of the aftermath of the camps. Dad used to use this experience every time he'd hear about holocaust denial and say, "I know it was all true, my father was there and saw it". I say the same if ever I hear that bullshit.
Some people are using what is happening to excuse their antisemitism. But many people aren't critical of Israel for that reason. Many people are simply desperate for the slaughter of innocent children to stop. And there are clearly people who are using accusations of antisemitism to shut people up. It's a terrible thing to accuse someone of and to do that to silence opposition is dreadful.
People are also comparing what Hamas does and what Israel is doing and asking who the difference in expectations. It's because one is a democratically elected government, with a mandate, supported by many other similar governments. The other is a terrorist organisation, with no current mandate, not had an election in over a decade, terrible democracy score, supported by rogue nations. The people in Gaza haven't had the chance to elect someone else, they can't change things. But they are suffering and dying as a result. Expecting more from Israel isn't a sign of antisemitism, for some people it's a sign that we have expectations of humanity and decency. That hope is fading fast. It's really only the brave and inspiring Israelis who are protesting keeping that alive. In the face of horrible provocation.