Anti-Semitsm and Jewish guilt

Jewish guilt
Gilad Atzmon writes:

Tel Aviv University Kantor Centre’s 2017 Annual Report on Anti-Semitism Worldwide was released recently and there is good news: The number of recorded violent anti-Semitic incidents in 2017 fell by about 9 per cent compared to 2016, and by almost 50 per cent compared to the 2006-14 average.

One would expect Jewish and Zionist institutions to celebrate the victory over anti-Semitsm and Jew hatred in general. This is not happening. According to the study, Jews feel more insecure.

This situation [the drop in violent incidents] is not necessarily perceived in Jewish communities as a sufficient positive development, because the presence of security measures means that they are a necessity, and mainly because it is overshadowed by the many verbal and visual expressions, some on the verge of violence, such as direct threats, harassments, hateful expressions and insults. These take place in working places, schools, universities, playgrounds, near Jewish homes and institutes, on football/soccer fields, during demonstrations in the streets, and all the more so in the social networks.

Once again UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and the left are the objects of blame: “The rise of leftist anti-Semitism that supports radical Muslim, anti-Israeli attitudes expressed in anti-Semitic terms such as in the BDS  and the Antifa [anti-fascism] movements, and certainly in the UK Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn.”

Rather than trying to portray Corbyn as the contemporary Oswald Mosley or turning the Labour Party into the enemy, Jews should look inward and find out what Jewishness means in 2018. What does it offer in light of Israeli criminality? What is the meaning of the holocaust when social media spreads images of Jewish soldiers shooting Palestinians like sitting ducks?

Apparently, Jews in the UK are “losing their traditional political home” as a result of feeling betrayed by the Labour Party. Maybe someone should explain to these snowflakes that political parties in the West are not “homes” or properties, nor do political parties need to make tribal commitments. But voters can drop a political party and choose a different one. This is Western democracy. You support the political party that best reflects your beliefs rather than dictating your ideology to a political party. If Labour under Corbyn doesn’t reflect your beliefs, just move on, support another, or even form your own party.

We are confronting bizarre behaviour. Would women feel more or less vulnerable if we learned that rape incidents dropped by 10 per cent? Would Blacks react negatively to a study revealing that anti black violence dropped by 10 per cent? And what about Muslims: wouldn’t they welcome a drop of 10 per cent in Islamophobic violence?  

It seems to me that Jews have a lot of work to do, examining their own behaviour. Rather than trying to portray Corbyn as the contemporary Oswald Mosley or turning the Labour Party into the enemy, Jews should look inward and find out what Jewishness means in 2018. What does it offer in light of Israeli criminality? What is the meaning of the holocaust when social media spreads images of Jewish soldiers shooting Palestinians like sitting ducks?

I believe that Jews feel insecure despite the drop in anti-Semitic violence because they feel guilty. They do not seem to know how to encapsulate and compartmentalise their Jewish existence within a Jewish continuum that is shaped by Israeli belligerence  and relentless Zio-con advocacy of global conflicts.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email