The term “antisemitism” is being redefined to silence those standing in solidarity with the disenfranchised and dispossessed. It is being weaponized to intimidate those speaking against apartheid.
Antisemitism has always been rooted in conspiracy theories–
Jews kidnapping Gentile babies to drink their blood.
Plagues caused by Jews poisoning wells.
Jews controlling global financial institutions to the detriment of Christian nations.
Such conspiracy theories have justified centuries of confinement and restrictions on and worse, genocide against the Jewish people.
The rise of Christianity was intertwined with the rise of antisemitism. To be a Christian was to be an antisemite, justifying hatred through the propaganda that Jews killed “our Lord and Savior.” This “sinister” act forfeited being God’s “chosen,” a designation now held by Christians as “the new Israel.”
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