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Angst is, indeed, palpable across the continent. From Britain to Italy, tensions have risen sharply. In the period between the Hamas attack and Oct. 27, Britain’s Community Security Trust, a charity, said that it had recorded 805 antisemitic acts, the highest number in a three-week period since it began reporting episodes of this kind in 1984.

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In France, home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, antisemitic attacks have surged since the Oct. 7 attack, with 819 acts registered and 414 arrests made, according to Gérald Darmanin, France’s interior minister.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Go with your alt right propaganda everywhere else

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

TIL the existence of antisemitism as reported by the New York Times is "alt right propaganda"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but it is leaving behind the fact that the surge in anti-semitism is not directly related to the Hamas attack, but to the disproportionate and genocidal response by Israel.

Before anyone accuses me of supporting any of that, I am not excusing that surge in anti-semitism, it is stupid (to say the least) to attack Jewish people no matter your gripe with the Israeli government, but I think that an unbiased piece should have included as main reason of the surge the Israeli actions instead of making it look like the Hamas attack was just the first one of a series of coordinated attacks worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not leaving behind anything. Hamas started this war because they felt that they could escape consequences by both hiding behind the civilian population and counting on the people they want to genocide to limit themselves from any effective action. They want people like you to demand ceasefires and try to pressure them into returning everything to status quo ante bellum, so they can start the next war, and the next, and the next.

And then when Israel refuses to play that game and attempts an effective military response, people like you blame them for doing so, and even run interference when a news org like the NYT notices a rising tide of antisemitism by talking about how the reporting should both sides this or some fucking bullshit.

It's a tragedy what's happening in Gaza, but also entirely predictable. Maybe the people of Gaza should have done something about Hamas before they started this war. But they didn't, and now, it's unfortunately time that they reap the consequences of putting genocidal lunatics in power and letting them stay there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seeing a bit of your comment history, you seem to be very pro-Israel. So, I’m guessing arguing has no point.

I will just say - if Israel did not steal land, the entire issue from 1948 up to now 2023, wouldn’t have happened.

Hamas wouldn’t have been made, Palestinians wouldn’t have died and the Israeli people wouldn’t have died either.

The war started the moment Israel stole the land in 1948. That’s the root cause of the entire thing.

This is my first and last comment though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

The 1948 war was started by Arabs who rejected the partition plan. Israel won that. Vae victis, don't start wars if you're not prepared to deal with the consequences.

You're right that Israel has been stealing land - in the West Bank, via illegal settlements. They should withdraw those settlers, but it is irrelevant to the issue of Hamas because the last settlements in Gaza were demolished in 2005.

I'm not pro Israel. What I am is someone who is anti Hamas, and I'm not going to pretend that the Israelis are chuckling monsters who enjoy murdering babies for the fun of it.

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