PARROTING THE EQUIVALENCE
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A False Equivalence: Scott Abramson, Fathom Journal, November 2024 — A trend in Western discourse has developed in the past few years, observable in full vigour since 7 October, of presenting Islamophobia as the companion bigotry of antisemitism.
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The Amsterdam Pogrom Is What Happens When the World Tolerates Antisemitism: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Nov. 10, 2024
America’s Electrifying Counter-Revolution: Melanie Phillips, JNS, Nov. 14, 2024
How Do You Say Jew in Arabic?: Omar Mohammed, Times of Israel, Nov. 13, 2024
Where Did the Idea of Three “Abrahamic Faiths” Come From?: Philologos, Mosaic, Nov. 14, 2024
For Further Reference:
Jerusalem Center Seeks International Antisemitism Convention: Amb. Alan Baker, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Nov. 12, 2024 — In a recent interview on i24News, former Israeli Ambassador Alan Baker, an international law expert and director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA), discussed his latest efforts to advance an international convention addressing antisemitism as a criminal act.
Following Pogrom, Dutch Rabbi Calls on Jews to Make Aliyah: Canaan Lidor, JNS, Nov. 13, 2024 — An Orthodox rabbi from the Netherlands has called on the country’s Jews to immigrate to Israel following mass antisemitic assaults in Amsterdam, accusing Dutch authorities of failure to address the root causes of the incident.
Amsterdam Pogrom, Protests Coordinated With ‘Extremist’ Network Linked to Former UNRWA Employee, Research Group Finds: Debbie Weiss, Algemeiner, Nov. 11, 2024 — The violence against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week was a premeditated and coordinated attack orchestrated with extremist networks linked to a former employee of the controversial United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), a group tracking online disinformation told The Algemeiner on Monday.
No More Heroes: Contemporary Antisemitism and the West’s Culture of Victimhood: Andres Spokoiny, Fathom Journal, November 2024 –– There was a time, not long ago, when societies built their stories around heroes. Now, the victim has dislodged the hero as the center of society’s focus of admiration and desire. We dreamed of being heroes, now we yearn to be considered victims.