You don’t have to like this, but you need to face it.
Almost half the planet, over 2 billion people, now hold antisemitic views. That includes one in four adults in the United States. These numbers are not creeping up. They are exploding. And this is not some ancient hatred returning out of nowhere. This is a reaction to what people are witnessing right now, in real time.
They are seeing Gaza reduced to rubble. They are seeing children pulled from debris. They are watching a government drop bombs on civilians and call it justified. And the rest of the world is not parsing every press release. They are reacting to the human cost.
At the center of this is Netanyahu. His administration made the call. His military carried it out. But the silence from the broader Jewish community, both in Israel and around the world, is what has made this bigger than him. Major institutions, synagogues, advocacy groups, and political donors have chosen to stand behind it, or worse, stay quiet. That silence has weight. It reads as complicity.
People are not hating Jews because they are Jews. They are reacting to real events that are being defended in the name of Jewish identity. When violence is normalized and moral outrage is dismissed, the public begins to associate the entire group with the damage being done.
If that does not change, if there is no serious internal reckoning, this wave of hatred is going to grow. Not because of antisemitic lies, but because of a brutal truth that has gone unanswered. And once that perception locks in, no amount of spin will fix it.
So if you care about your safety, your future, and your global reputation, this is the time to act. Remove the hardliners. Cut out the extremism. Speak out against it from within your own ranks. Do not wait for the world to understand. Show them that you do. Otherwise, this is only going to get worse.