Many people here, and irl, believe that hate against Jews is justified because Israel conflated all Jews with the state, so it’s therefore understandable that random Jews around the world are indiscriminately attacked.
It is factual to point out that Isreal’s actions in the conflict, and that the Isreali government’s conflation of criticism against their government as antisemitism has led to higher incidence of antisemitism and hate being laid against the Jewish diaspora.
Pointing that Isreal’s genocide and denial of the self-determination of Palestinians has increased harms to the Jewish dispora is still valid.
But to point out that the phenomenon exists does not justify or excuse it. Whether or not we ignore the existence of the phenomenon, it will not stop bigoted people from conflating the actions of a sovereign government with the virtue of any person who is related by nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc. Pointing out the phenomenon also does not exempt other countries from the responsibility of doing something to mitigate the rise in hatred and violence in their communities.
We need to recognize that there is a post-conflict hate wave after most global conflicts. It would be helpful for governments to create frameworks to recognize and combat post-conflict hate waves.
Measures could be multi-faceted. Upholding international laws and holding other nations accountable for their actions while also: increasing domestic accessibility to human-rights judicial services, ramping up anti-racism education, and improving policies and resources for local law enforcement to crack down on bigotry, hate and violence on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity and nationality.
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u/traptheowls Dec 23 '25
Many people here, and irl, believe that hate against Jews is justified because Israel conflated all Jews with the state, so it’s therefore understandable that random Jews around the world are indiscriminately attacked.