(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - The wave of Jew-hatred that has spread across the globe, and specifically in the United States in the streets and on college campuses, has targeted Jewish critics of Israel and their children as much as any other sector of Jewish society. Worst of all, it's their longtime allies who have embraced a virulent form of antisemitism who are responsible. Open contempt for Jewish rights and safety has become mainstream discourse in America in recent months. Those who demonize Israel and treat its every measure of self-defense as illegitimate are not really interested in the details of the fighting in Gaza. What is happening there is nothing when compared to the toll of deaths and displacement caused elsewhere in places like Syria. The only reason anyone cares about the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza is because the Jews can be blamed for them. The problem is that the Palestinians all define their rights in a way that denies those of the Jews. For them, it is a zero-sum game and always has been. Israel and its supporters are in no way responsible for the antisemitism we are witnessing in the U.S. The Jew-haters who support the Islamist war against Jewish life are the only ones to blame. Calling for a ceasefire will leave the greatest enemies of peace - Hamas - still standing and ready to make good on their pledges to repeat the devastation of Oct. 7. Efforts to undermine Jewish self-defense by blaming Israel are only encouraging Hamas and its apologists, aiding the efforts of the terrorists to win this war.
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