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Displays of have increased because of current events in Israel and Gaza. Let’s look at one example of it from recent days.

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This exchange took place on X.

A little bit of context: both individuals are somewhat public figures, but not by much. The first individual (i.e. Blue) used “you” in his first tweet to address the general population.
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So Blue is stating that the military actions done by Israel don’t amount to genocide, which is true. You and I can be critical of their tactics and policies, but here is why no one should label it as such: adl.org/resources/backgrounder
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ADLAllegation: Israel Commits Acts of Genocide

Both of these men live in America, as stated in their X profiles. Blue has never claimed to be Jewish, let alone Israeli, yet Orange apparently assumes that Blue is Israeli. Orange also tosses in an abortion reference, equating it to genocide.
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Finally, Orange seems to reference the population of Israel as being gay and addicted to drugs. The final sentence comes across as a threat to Jews, even though Blue is not one.
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I can’t unpack everything that is going on here. In a nutshell, Orange is clearly equating a handful of right-wing hot topics with Israel, and he quickly makes the false assumption that Blue is Jewish for making a comment that quite frankly barely passes as pro-Israel.
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This Week in Antisemitism

This is an example of how right-wing antisemitism is willing to ride the coattails of left-wing antisemitism. For individuals who are on the left; it would serve you well to learn more about left-wing antisemitism, because at this moment it is feeding the right’s antisemitism.
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