(JNS) Dr. Fiamma Nirenstein - We are faced with a wave of catastrophic antisemitism, worse than any since the 1930s, a complete collapse of a society supposedly dedicated to human rights. In Italy, where I was born and am visiting, antisemitism is becoming a flood. According to the Fondazione CDEC-Observatory on Antisemitism, Italy saw 454 antisemitic incidents in 2023, compared to 241 in 2022. To the media, the war that has been forced upon Israel by 13,000 missiles, the slaughter of 1,200 people, the rape and mutilation of women and children, the kidnapping of over 200, and all the other atrocities of Oct. 7, does not exist. The Israelis displaced from their kibbutzim, the families deprived of their loved ones, they do not exist either. They are Jews, so they are erased. There is nothing else in the news, in politics, and on the screens but the blood libel - pure antisemitism everywhere. The writer, a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, served as vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
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