JimCM

ICE are kicking out illegals, same as Thailand does. I wish the UK started ICE.

You/they obviously have no idea how powerful and influential Jews are in the US government. Mind you, pre 1933, there were many influential Jews in German authorities.

To be frank, people are disgusted by Israel's actions and not being held accountable for their war crimes. They don't know the meaning of ceasefire. 12 killed in Gaza yesterday. Those who support war crimes - are they innocent? 80+% as I recently posted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/31/mideast-wars-gaza-israel-strikes/1ce651fe-fe70-11f0-954b-b80c7ed67fc7_story.html Also, they are ignoring the Lebanon ceasefire. Wave of Israeli air strikes hit southern Lebanon despite ceasefire https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/31/wave-of-israeli-air-strikes-hit-southern-lebanon-despite-ceasefire

It's very sad that innocent Jews will be targetted but I can't understand why some people are surprised by the rise in antisemitism. The USA has free speech, well apart from anti Israel protests, so Zionists that support sending bombs used for Genocide are free to have a voice, but to think there will be no consequences....... Jesus, how naive. Over 80% of American Jews reject US arms suspensions, identify as Zionisthttps://jppi.org.il/en/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%ed%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A9-2024-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%91-%D7%9E/

STOP SUPPORTING A TERRORIST REGIME THEN!!!!! Jesus, it isn't rocket science. 85% of American Jewish adults believe it is important for the U.S. to support Israel in the aftermath of October 7 https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-survey-shows-american-jews-are-deeply-and-increasingly-connected-to-israel

Indeed. These 'mericans don't realize you can like some policies of Trump AND Biden. They don't realize that both of these presidents supported the terrorist, pariah state of Israel, by sending 20,000 lb bombs which killed thousands of kids and women, both are complicit to Genocide. So if a decent American opposes the Genocide, are they left or right? Polarised thought that they have is ignorant.

Blaming the return of antisemitism on people “forgetting” the Holocaust is a cop-out. It ignores political polarisation, online radicalisation, identity politics, and imported conflicts - forces that have nothing to do with historical amnesia and everything to do with the present. The narrative also sanitises history. Jews have not existed only as passive victims acted upon by evil rulers. The Irgun’s 1946 bombing of the King David Hotel was an act of terrorism under British law, and its leader later became Prime Minister of Israel. That does not excuse antisemitism - but it demolishes the myth of moral simplicity. What’s really being offered here is a comforting fable - villainous elites, innocent publics, and ignorance as the sole cause. It avoids responsibility, avoids complexity, and avoids any honest engagement with how real-world actions shape real-world reactions. History is not a morality play. Pretending it is only guarantees that people stop taking these explanations seriously.

By whom? I'd suggest Israel's total destruction of Gaza, ethnic cleansing as well as in the West Bank, increase in illegal settlements, which the world sees, might just be a reason for increased hate against people who have links to the terrorist state, give money or other support to it, or even(in the USA) have voted for a president who is complicit in the genocide.

What's a lefty?

Let's get soon things in the open. US/Israeli Jews like Miriam Adelson and Jewish organisations used their power and money to ban student protests and get rid of heads at Penn and Colombia unis. Canary Mission: How US uses a ‘hate group’ to target Palestine advocateshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/11/canary-mission-how-us-uses-a-hate-group-to-target-palestine-advocates Jewish Voice for Peace unequivocally condemns Canary Mission, a malicious website ... We reject the notion, propagated by Canary Mission and similar organizations, that there is anything shameful, hateful, or anti-Semitic about organizing for Palestinian rights on campus. Antisemitism and criticism of Israel are not the same, and Canary Mission targets students and faculty because they criticize Israel – not because they have expressed anti-Jewish bias. We especially emphasize that labeling support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement as “pro-terrorist” is a false assertion. And we commend the brave and principled students and faculty who continue to organize in the face of intimidation and repression. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2016/05/13/canary-mission/

It's not antisemitism. Have you ever been discriminated against for being Jewish? In the US or anywhere.

Exactly what I was going to write.

Is lefty supposed to be an insult?

What is a lefty? Rather decisive. You called me a lefty just because I criticise Israel, so wrong. I will vote reform, would vote Trump. It's like a school kid who can't accept any differing opinions.

You can’t separate Netanyahu from the Israeli public in the way you’re trying to. He hasn’t appeared out of nowhere. Israelis have voted him in, out, and back in again for nearly 30 years. He is not a fringe figure - he is the voice of Israelis he is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, repeatedly returned to power through democratic elections. At some point, a government that keeps being elected is the political voice of the people who elect it, even when that reality is uncomfortable. After WW2, people said much the same about Nazi Germany: that Hitler didn’t represent ordinary Germans, that the public had no real responsibility, that the regime existed in some separate moral universe from the society that repeatedly enabled it. History didn’t accept that, and don't accept what you are saying to dodge any blame..

Do you now NOT support Netanyahu and the Israeli government? Here's what they have planned, including annexation of the West Bank, the weakening of Israel's democracy, amend the law of return, targeting of Israeli human rights organizations, etc and this is from a pro Israel newspaper source. https://jstreet.org/netanyahus-ultra-right-wing-coalition-government-a-dossier/ Yet, you appear to support all this, please answer, I find it quite incredible.

Netanyahu wants Gaza, and actually all greater Israel to be Jewish only, do some research. He, or IDF has killed nearly 500 people during the latest ceasefire. They have upped the illegal settlement expansion, etc. If you want to know, check this link showing what the Knesset ministers want. https://jstreet.org/netanyahus-ultra-right-wing-coalition-government-a-dossier/

What makes you think the attacks are to help Gazans? Maybe it's a protest against Jewry in Canada supporting a pariah, terrorist state. The majority of Jewry there are Zionists. 94% support Israel as a Jewish state. I'm sure many give financial aid to Netanyahu's government. While 84% of Canada’s Jews say they are “very” or “somewhat” emotionally attached to Israel and 94% percent support the existence of Israel as a Jewish state, just 51% of Canadian Jews consider themselves Zionists. https://nifcan.org/survey-canadian-jews-divided-over-israel-and-canadian-politics/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

But you don't condemn him, or Biden, for sending 20,000 lb bombs to Israel for their precision strikes. Do you condemn Trump for being complicit in total destruction and ethnic cleansing of Gaza?

They certainly didn't revere the King David hotel! The Irgun was widely regarded by the British authorities and much of the international community at the time as a terrorist organisation, responsible for bombings, assassinations, and attacks that deliberately used violence against civilian and government targets to force political change, most notoriously the 1946 bombing of the King David Hotel, which killed 91 people. Despite this record, the Irgun’s leader Menachem Begin later entered mainstream Israeli politics, founded the Likud party, and ultimately became Prime Minister of Israel in 1977, a trajectory that remains controversial and is often cited as an example of how figures involved in militant or terrorist movements can later gain political legitimacy once statehood is achieved.

Stranger how Israel has the best defence in the world, keeping out hundreds of cruise missiles and drones from Iran, yet can't keep out a few paragliders. Netanyahu is a wanted war criminal, I wouldn't put it past him to sacrifice those hippies, just to justify the destruction of Gaza, something he's wanted for over 30 years.

No they are all behind a curtain while the men balance Pepsi bottles on their heads.

From the House of Pain, Shamrocks and Shenanigans - I kicks the flavor, like Stephen King writes horror If I was a Jew then I'd light a Menorah

You’re conflating contextual questions with hostile interrogation, and that’s the core flaw in your argument. In many countries, asking about religion or ethnicity is normal when it’s directly relevant to social, cultural, or legal norms. In Muslim-majority countries, it is entirely reasonable to ask whether someone is Muslim when discussing food laws, customs, or religious practice. That isn’t persecution — it’s contextual awareness. The same applies in Thailand, Israel, India, or anywhere else. Intent matters, and you’re assuming malicious intent where none has been demonstrated. Your repeated comparisons to Nazi Europe, Belfast sectarian violence, and terrorist atrocities are category errors. Asking a question in a discussion is not morally or logically equivalent to armed violence. Invoking extreme examples to shut down ordinary debate is a classic form of moral inflation, and it weakens rather than strengthens your case. You also slide between ethnicity, religion, nationality, and ideology as if they are interchangeable. They are not. Pride in cultural background is not “extremist literature” it becomes extremism only when used to justify exclusion or harm, which has not been argued or evidenced here. Finally, pointing to suffering elsewhere (Sudan, Iran) does not invalidate criticism of Israel, nor does criticism of Israel imply hatred of Jews. That’s a false binary and a well-known rhetorical shortcut. Multiple injustices can be acknowledged simultaneously without one cancelling out the other. Robust discussion requires less moral grandstanding and more precision. If we’re going to invoke religious songs as moral authority, it’s worth remembering that Jewish tradition also contains powerful reminders of humility and restraint, not tribal triumphalism. One of the best known is from Psalms: Or from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), which is central to Jewish moral teaching: These texts emphasise self-control, moral responsibility, and peace , not viewing disagreement as warfare or framing critics as enemies to be defeated. Quoting scripture should illuminate values, not be used as a rallying cry to shut down debate.