In Los Angeles, a man screaming "kill Jews" attempts to break into a family's home. In London, girls in a playground are told they are "stinking Jews" and should stay off the slide. In China, posts likening Jews to parasites, vampires or snakes proliferate on social media, attracting thousands of "likes".
  • Global surge in antisemitic incidents following the conflict between Hamas and Israel, affecting Jewish communities in various countries.
  • Antisemitic acts range from verbal abuse to physical assaults, often justified by anger over the Gaza conflict.
  • In areas like the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, and South Africa, antisemitic incidents have increased several hundred percent compared to the same period last year.
  • Official responses vary, with Western authorities generally quick to support Jewish communities, while some countries like China have not taken steps to curtail antisemitic content online.

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  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5210·
    1 year ago

    I don’t get why people hate that particular religion so much.

    Me, I would do away with all religions, I think they’re all nonsense invented to control people or as a way to escape from reality, but that doesn’t mean I’d ever hate a religion or go to wild lengths to genocide it’s followers.

    People who think there’s a magical man in the sky are a bit batty, but people who persecute others just for believing in magical sky men are truly off their rockers.

      • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        To the people downvoting you: Do you think islamophobes distinguish between Arab Muslims or Arab Atheists when they provoke a scene? Or that antisemites distinguish between practicing Jews and non-believing Jews (who stay in the community for various reasons)?

      • ParsnipWitch@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Ethnicity and religion is intertwined in this case though, in a way that is quite unique. And which is probably significantly influenced by the way Jewish people were treated.

    • broface@lemm.eeEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      A lot of it is an instinctual response.

      Hearing ‘jews this, jews that’ since birth causes people to want to ‘fit in’ and go along with what everyone else is doing even if they don’t understand it.

      I was surprised by how much anti-Semitism existed when I went to high school, because I never experienced it before outside of South Park. For everyone else, it was just normal and understood (even if they didn’t support it.) It really cemented the idea in my mind that most people do things without thinking just to fit in with others.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      A lot of people who are ethnically Jewish and identify as Jews don’t practice or believe in Judaism.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        101·
        1 year ago

        I come from Jewish parents. I’m an atheist, but I still consider myself Jewish.

        My daughter is half-Jewish and I have advised her to tell no one in school because she will get treated differently, especially since this is Indiana.

        One year in elementary school, one of her teachers assumed she was Jewish after meeting me (I look as stereotypically Jewish as Woody Allen) and singled her out for it multiple times. She thought she was singling her out for it in a good way, to teach the other kids something for example, but it just made my daughter feel embarrassed and othered.

      • Iceblade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Most, in fact, they’re one of the least religious ethnic groups globally (something like 75% are agnostic or atheist iirc)