(Jewish Group) White nationalists are using the Israel-Gaza conflict to spread antisemitism online

Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and election-theft conspiracy theorist, delighted and surprised some of his far-right followers on Twitter Tuesday night with a tweet:

“Palestine isn’t the only country under Israeli occupation,” he wrote, trumpeting a conspiracy theory about Jews controlling governments.

Palestine isn’t the only country under Israeli occupation.— Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) May 18, 2021

As Israel and Gaza continue to trade rockets across their borders, many, like Fuentes, in the far-right corners of the internet, have seized on the conflict to foment antisemitism, according to groups and individuals who track hateful activity online.

Twitter users praised Fuentes’ tweet as “based,” a far-right term meaning impressive or enlightened, and some replied with antisemitic memes about the number of President Joe Biden’s appointees who are Jewish and antisemitic depictions of Jews emerging from underneath carpets.

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