Israel is endangering Jews around the world
JVL Introduction
Of course it is wrong to blame, let alone attack Jews for the actions of the Israeli State. There have been several attacks on synagogues and other Jewish Institutions in recent times and in this article she notes that there were seven in the space of a week (7-14 March) since the attack on Iran and renewed pulverisation of Lebanon; all are abhorrent. However, the lack of reflection by Israeli and Jewish Establishment leaders across the world is astonishing.
But Israel presents itself to the world as the country for and of all the Jews of the world and claims always to act “in the name of the Jewish people, not just in the name of its Jewish citizens”.
They rightly call out antisemitism including when it clearly relates to anger towards Israel and yet they have not criticised Israel for its actions, not even over its pulverisation of the people and places of Gaza which has led to unprecedented levels of destructionm displacement and civilian deaths and injuries. At most they criticise those “extremist settlers” who attack Palestinians in the West Bank but do not accept that this is supported by Israeli governments, most especially, but not only, this one, the most racist, right wing and expansionist one of all.
Writing as an Israeli who has long been opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, Amira Hass notes that Israeli leaders are quick to send their solidarity to Jews in places where attacks have taken place, but she emphasises that they have never “called on the Israel Police to act against “radical Judaism” that ignites daily, non-symbolic pogroms in the West Bank?” She calls them out – and the Establishment Jewish organisations in the Diaspora who “cry “antisemitism” over every piece of graffiti in a cemetery” but never condemn settler violence (or the fact that prosecutions and imprisonment are vanishingly rare).
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This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Tue 17 Mar 2026. Read the original here.
Otherwise Occupied: Israel Has Become Dangerous for Jews Around the World
From Amsterdam to Detroit, attacks on synagogues show how Israel’s wars and rhetoric are spilling over onto Diaspora communities
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Whenever I read comments about the murdering of thousands of Palestinians by Jews in Israel. I challenge it, by saying, they are not Jews, Jews follow Judaism, which forbids Murder never mind Genocide. They are Zionists, who call themselves Jews, so as to hide behind anti Semitism.
I also remind them that the massive majority of Jews around the World are against Israel and it’s Genocide, whenever you see protests around the world, you’ll see groups of Jewish people with them. I believe the more that this is said, it will help reduce the numbers that are blaming All Jews.
As a non Jewish member of the JVL, please advise me if I’m on the wrong track. Thank you
It is prudent to recall Zionist history at it’s inception. When insufficient suitable Jews were emigrating to Israel members of Stern Gang/ Irgun went to Iraq and Turkey where they set off bombs in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods and Press covered thee as acts of anti-Semitism . It was a covert strategy to instill fear in those Jews and encourage them to move to Israel.
It is not impossible to imagine the re-enactment of this strategy in conjunction with the convoluted logic of criticism of Israel be anti-Semitism to create fear to increase support for Zionist Israel and increased immigration there.
in this world of Israeli Machiavellian dreams all things are possible and very difficult to unravel fact from fiction.
As a British Jew I say that what Israelis do is what Israelis do. It has nothing to doi with Jews or Judaism. Israelis are the 21st century barbarians.
Peter: I just did a search and the Search Assist response was that there is no proof that that Happened, but links to an MEE article from 2023 in which it says the following:
British-Israeli historian Avi Shlaim has claimed in his new book to have uncovered “undeniable proof” of Israeli involvement in attacks on Jewish communities in Iraq in the early 1950s…..
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/avi-shlaim-proof-israel-zionist-involvement-iraq-jews-attacks