The world rightly recoiled at these atrocities.

People love dead Jews!
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We knew that after the initial horror many would find reasons to judge and blame, Israel and Jews everywhere. Antisemitic sentiment has been on the rise in recent years as we know. I'm pleased by the support Biden has demonstrated, but very displeased by the increase in antisemitic and anti Israel tropes.

Throughout our 5784 year history we've been blamed and displaced and attacked and slaughtered, and also taken in by various countries while being expelled by others.

345 lbs will show you the meaning of "never again."

I've dealt with it in four countries.

In 2016 after tfg won, my friend was told by her parents to stop wearing hers.
My reaction was to get star of David earrings, they're more visible, and wear them in my second holes, always. Got a 2nd pair several years ago so I can switch or wear one of each. And I just ordered some Israeli flag pins!

I'm female,100 lbs lighter and 10 inches shorter than you, so I avoid confrontations but I won't hide! Sad and telling that you've had to deal with antisemitism in 4 countries. Growing up in NYC I was almost 30 before I experienced or recognized it. Often it's subtle, not blatant, but I've heard and read too many accounts over the years.

I am sick and tired of people pretending that I can't be both Jewish and gay. Of course, I get much more shit from gay events and people then I have ever got from Jewish events where I was openly gay. There is also the "allies" that will gladly support my being gay, but my being Jewish....well...not so much.

When the US elected Barack Obama, the regressive right proclaimed it proof that prejudice and bigotry against race was a thing of the past.

And used that as partial justification for the still rolling attack on civil rights. The Southern states don't need voting oversight anymore, we don't need affirmative action, and so forth and so on.

Because racism against minorities ain't a thing anymore. If, heh heh heh, it ever really was.

It was. It is. It's expanding, with our official foot off of its neck.

Same thing with anti semitism. It's never going away. We cannot pretend, we cannot trust that it will. And in reaction to this nightmare, any dreams or illusions to the contrary, as we've learned with racial prejudice, should evaporate in the morning light.

This country, this world, is filled with bigots. With those who'd like to eradicate every Jew, wipe Israel off the map.

This cannot be allowed, cannot be taken lightly.

Does this make us anti Palestinian?

No. The Palestinians have the exact same right to survive and thrive as the Israelis. This makes us anti extremist, anti bigot, anti violence.

This is anti Hamas. They must be stopped. Not Palestinians. Not Jews, not Israel.

And the demonstrations started before Israel had time to start retaliating.
The initial attack was the signal.

Looks like Hamas can coordinate globally.