Arrr! Seafarin' scallywags be causin' mischief 'gainst me Jewish mates after a bloody battle with them Hamas landlubbers!
2024-03-09
Avast ye mateys! 'Tis a grim tale of Hamas scallywags takin' down 1,200 souls in Israel. Their foul hatred be spreadin' like a plague across Europe and beyond. Beware the treacherous waters of lethal antisemitism, me hearties! Aye, 'tis a dire situation indeed.
Since the Hamas terror massacre of Israeli Jews Oct. 7, the U.S. has been hit with record levels of antisemitic incidents. While authorities are getting to grips with how to effectively deal with it, Western democracies are also dealing with an explosion of antisemitism not witnessed since the Holocaust.Across the Atlantic, the United Kingdom has been rocked by unprecedented antisemitism. In the 68 days inclusive between the Hamas terror attack on Israel (Oct. 7) and Wednesday, Dec. 13, CST recorded at least 2,093 antisemitic incidents across the U.K., according to the Community Security Trust (CST), the organization responsible for the security of British Jews. Mass pro-Palestinian marches have blanketed the heart of London. Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman decried the mass protests as "hate marches" and wanted to ban the mass antisemitic spectacles. The demonstrations in the U.K. have been largely populated by leftists and British Muslims.In Canada, there have been multiple instances of Jewish day schools in Montreal being hit with gunfire, public calls for the killing of Israelis, vandalized homes and synagogues, antisemitic graffiti, large-scale antisemitic disruptions on university campuses, and appalling instances of antisemitic activities outside the country's most well-known Jewish-founded hospital. The Jewish community in Canada is facing one of the most hostile times in its history.Germany is another European ground zero of the post-Oct. 7 antisemitic movement. The country's premier film festival, Berlinale, turned into an anti-Israel hate festival. The filmmakers termed Israel an "apartheid" state and accused Jerusalem of carrying out a genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The unleashing of antisemitism and the Hamas narrative has reached epic levels in Germany.Meanwhile, in France, there has been a rejuvenation of the perpetrators of anti-Semitic acts. Schools are no longer a sanctuary, and there has been a soaring increase in Jew hatred. The explosion of antisemitism globally points to a failure of leadership in higher education, the media, and government policy. The threat posed by anti-Semitic social movements has not been adequately addressed, leading to the current rise in antisemitism across various democratic countries.Rabbi Cooper warned that if a strong response is not met with from those in power, antisemitism will spread to elementary schools. The rise in antisemitism is not limited to a few countries but is a global phenomenon that needs urgent attention and action to combat this hateful ideology.