In this article and others, we see it confirmed that far more Americans support Israel than support Hamas (or even the Palestinian cause) and that "74% of U.S. adults" (NPR) consider antisemitism a serious problem in American society.
Nevertheless, the news media tend to juxtapose antisemitism with backlash from "Jewish communities" (in t…
In this article and others, we see it confirmed that far more Americans support Israel than support Hamas (or even the Palestinian cause) and that "74% of U.S. adults" (NPR) consider antisemitism a serious problem in American society.
Nevertheless, the news media tend to juxtapose antisemitism with backlash from "Jewish communities" (in this piece) or words to that effect, as if it were part of a tug-of-war between interested parties. I'm seeing many excellent essays on the history of antisemitism, the true nature of Hamas, the savage atrocities it committed on October 7, and the appalling apologia for those atrocities from the global left -- but nearly always by Jewish writers. Tom Nichols of The Atlantic is one Gentile journalist who has passionately abhorred the capitulation of American students to antisemitism ("an ancient and hideous hatred"), but I can't think of many other prominent examples.
The editors who deliver news and commentary in this way may intend it as the good work of giving a platform to Jewish voices, but it may also give the impression that Jews are being left to defeat antisemitism if they can, and if they can't -- well, it's their problem. It's not their problem. It's an offense against all decent human beings and a degradation of the world we inhabit together. The majority of Americans apparently understand that. Surely they'd welcome a journalistic acknowledgement of the solidarity which they themselves feel.
In this article and others, we see it confirmed that far more Americans support Israel than support Hamas (or even the Palestinian cause) and that "74% of U.S. adults" (NPR) consider antisemitism a serious problem in American society.
Nevertheless, the news media tend to juxtapose antisemitism with backlash from "Jewish communities" (in this piece) or words to that effect, as if it were part of a tug-of-war between interested parties. I'm seeing many excellent essays on the history of antisemitism, the true nature of Hamas, the savage atrocities it committed on October 7, and the appalling apologia for those atrocities from the global left -- but nearly always by Jewish writers. Tom Nichols of The Atlantic is one Gentile journalist who has passionately abhorred the capitulation of American students to antisemitism ("an ancient and hideous hatred"), but I can't think of many other prominent examples.
The editors who deliver news and commentary in this way may intend it as the good work of giving a platform to Jewish voices, but it may also give the impression that Jews are being left to defeat antisemitism if they can, and if they can't -- well, it's their problem. It's not their problem. It's an offense against all decent human beings and a degradation of the world we inhabit together. The majority of Americans apparently understand that. Surely they'd welcome a journalistic acknowledgement of the solidarity which they themselves feel.
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Excellent. Thank you.