Psamathe
Legendary Member
An interesting report from Australia detailing a submission from the Jewish Council to the Australian royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
The aspect I found particularly interesting is their highlighting that the Israeli state has been a major contributor of the conflation.Conflation of Jewish identity with Israel driving antisemitism, Jewish Council says in submission to royal commission
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The submission says two important drivers of antisemitism are the “growth of far-right, neo-Nazi and conspiracist movements, which represent a significant and often overlooked threat to Jewish communities, and the aggressive actions of the state of Israel and conflation of Jewish identity with Israel”.
That is “a conflation that the state of Israel itself has long cultivated and which causes direct harm to Jewish people worldwide when they are blamed for Israel’s actions”, the submission says.
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