3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Then so does the Palestineins wanting Israelis out of the land

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Then so does the Palestineins wanting Israelis out of the land

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Then so does the Palestineins wanting Israelis out of the land

Bingo.

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

Holocaust Warning: Jewish Leader Sounds Alarm On Hate Surge

Stop slaughtering people, stealing land and behaving badly around the world. Any other group systematically acts like this will rightly experience pushback.

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Holocaust Warning: Jewish Leader Sounds Alarm On Hate Surge

Stop slaughtering people, stealing land and behaving badly around the world. Any other group systematically acts like this will rightly experience pushback.

10 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Wow big guy like a teenager wearing a Che Guevra t-shirt. I least people know to silently hate on you. l know I would. You're in good company btw.

Nothing wrong with Standing With Israel.

I stand with the USA but I can't stand Trump.

24 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Hmmm, so no-one has been able to answer the question I posed early on in the piece, which was, "From what very little history I have read on the subject, it would appear that the hatred of Jews goes way back before the Middle Ages, and I wonder why this is??

Why is a race of people despised for centuries upon centuries – – can someone answer me "WHY this is"?

A simple question and no answer, and it is not a "trick question", so come on you knowledgeable posters, what is the reason?

Your question has been asked and answered several times in the past. I'll repeat some of what I have written. You should keep in mind all antisemitism is the product of ignorant and deluded minds driven by hatred. The answer as to why some people have despised Jews isn't always rational.

Since Biblical times, Jews have been outsiders who refused to adapt to the dominant society in terms of religion and lifestyle. Their status as a tiny minority of outcasts made them convenient scapegoats for any of society's ills. They were hated because they didn't fit in, not for anything they had done.

Some people in the past believed (and still today believe) the classic anti-Jewish tropes. The "new" antisemitism has involved updating the classic tropes and spreading them via social media. In any case, the reasons antisemites give for hating Jews are the product of deluded minds consumed by hatred. There's no valid reason for anyone to hate the Jews.

I wrote about this at length in another thread and have quoted the text below.

On 4/4/2026 at 4:04 PM, Evil Penevil said:

Antisemitism predates Israel and the modern Zionist movement by at least 2,000 years. Blaming the behavior of Jews for their mistreatment and discrimination at the hands of others has been the excuse of antisemites for millennia, not just centuries. The justifications for why Jews have been persecuted have changed over time. The treatment of Palestinians is the latest one. Old story, new twist.

At the heart of all antisemitism is the belief Jews are collectively responsible for the real or imaginary misdoings of other Jews. This notion goes back to Classical Antiquity, when Christians began blaming Jews for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, an event that had taken place several hundred years earlier. Unfortunately, the tendency to hold Jews as a scapegoat for society's ills combined with holding Jews collectively responsible set the stage for the ultimate horror, the deaths of six million Jews in the Holocaust.

The danger of "the Jews brought it on themselves" excuse is the implication that if Jews altered their behavior, antisemitism would disappear. The flaw in that argument is that Jews weren't and aren't guilty of the accusations. Jews didn't poison wells in the Middle Easts nor did Jews cause Germany to lose WWI. There is no Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world. How can Jews change behaviors or actions that don't exist?

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Hmmm, so no-one has been able to answer the question I posed early on in the piece, which was, "From what very little history I have read on the subject, it would appear that the hatred of Jews goes way back before the Middle Ages, and I wonder why this is??

Why is a race of people despised for centuries upon centuries – – can someone answer me "WHY this is"?

A simple question and no answer, and it is not a "trick question", so come on you knowledgeable posters, what is the reason?

It's tbe horns.

Jews aren't a race.

Your troll batting question has been answered multiple times on this forum and you know that.

I won't dignifiy t because its obviously a sleazy blame the victims mind game.

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Ever hopeful that someone knows, or maybe the truth is too hard to handle??

The truth about antisemitism is not too hard to handle, but it does get repetitious on AN.

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Hmmm, so no-one has been able to answer the question I posed early on in the piece, which was, "From what very little history I have read on the subject, it would appear that the hatred of Jews goes way back before the Middle Ages, and I wonder why this is??

Why is a race of people despised for centuries upon centuries – – can someone answer me "WHY this is"?

A simple question and no answer, and it is not a "trick question", so come on you knowledgeable posters, what is the reason?

Actually, your question is based on a false premise. For most of history, anti-Semitism was basically a Eurpean Christian driven phenomenon. In the Islamic world, anti-Semitism wasn't really a thing. It's true that in some places and periods Jews were made to suffer for their religion. But, in those places, so were Christians. Jews weren't demonized as they were by the Catholic church and the Orthodox churches. None of the nonsense about them murdering Christian children to make matzoh. And there were many Islamic regimes where Jews could advance and prosper. Much of Arabia, Palestine Islamic Spain for much of there history were such places. Even during phases when there was intolerance in Spain, it wasn't directed especially at Jews. Christians suffered equally. When Ferdinand and Isabella succeeding in fully reconquering Spain, it's estimated that about 300,000 Jews fled to the Turkish empire and to Morocco.

Now in modern times, as European Jews started to emigrate to Palestine and met with resentment from the locals, Muslims did acquire a more Western form of antisemitism which they learned from such pernicious literature as the protocols of the elders of Zion. And it's true now that anti-Semitism is pervasive in most of the Islamic world. But for most if Islamic history, anti-Semitism wasn't a thing.

21 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's tbe horns.

Jews aren't a race.

Your troll batting question has been answered multiple times on this forum and you know that.

I won't dignifiy t because its obviously a sleazy blame the victims mind game.

Not sure what you mean by "it's the horns" and in NO WAY was my post a troll baiting question, it was a genuine request for an answer and I have been a member on AN for 21 years and have never posted a "troll baiting" question as you have stated. No apology needed, but Evil Penevil has gone some way to give an answer and I will get onto AI to investigate further as it intrigues me.

49 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Evil Penevil has gone some way to give an answer and I will get onto AI to investigate further as it intrigues me.

I posted links to two lengthy articles on the background of antisemitism in an earlier thread. I'll repeat them below. Also check out Why the Jews: History of Antisemitism on the Web site of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. https://www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/what-is-antisemitism/why-the-jews-history-of-antisemitism

On 4/12/2026 at 12:13 AM, Evil Penevil said:

For those of you who want to delve deeper into the "why" of antisemitism, here are two articles from leftist progressive sources. They explain how centuries-old anti-Jewish tropes have been updated and spread by social media "influencers."

The relationship between classic antisemitism and Internet antisemitism, is, as a former Thai girlfriend used to say about nearly everything, "same-same but different."

Why the manosphere has a glaring antisemitism problem

Prominent influencers openly deny the Holocaust, call for violence against Jews and spread conspiracy theories

The manosphere is a catchall term for websites, forums, blogs and influencers promoting a particular kind of hypermasculinity, from the belief that women and feminism are the cause of men’s problems to calls to legalize rape. And those digital spaces are rife with antisemitism.

https://www.salon.com/2026/04/06/why-the-manosphere-has-a-glaring-antisemitism-problem-partner/

Rootless Masculinity Influencers Are Pivoting to Wildly Antisemitic Claims

While they are often cloaked in supposed critiques of the Israeli government’s invasion of Gaza, that isn’t always the case.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/masculinity-influencers-antisemitism/

I think Roald Dahl called it our correctly after Isarel killed 30k in Lebanon back in the 80s like Macbeth they are much deeper in blood now.

https://archive.ph/tdhMk

“There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it’s a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews,” Dahl said. “I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”

A few months before his death, in 1990, Dahl told an interviewer for The Independent that “I’m certainly anti-Israeli and I’ve become antisemitic.” Rosenblatt incorporated all of this into his script for “Giant.”

https://www.newstatesman.com/archive/2021/10/from-the-ns-archive-tale-of-the-unexpected

Dahl writes: “Never before in the history of man has a race of people switched rapidly from being much pitied victims to barbarous murderers. Never before has a race of people generated so much sympathy around the world and then, in the space of a lifetime, succeeded in turning that sympathy into hatred and revulsion.”

He goes on to condemn “Jewish financial institutions” and “American Jewish bankers”, and concludes his review with: “Now is the time for the Jews of the world to follow the example of the Germans and become anti-Israeli. But do they have the conscience? And do they, I wonder, have the guts?”

1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

I think Roald Dahl called it our correctly after Isarel killed 30k in Lebanon back in the 80s like Macbeth they are much deeper in blood now.

His family and estate apologized for Roald Dahl's antisemitic remarks 30 years after the fact. Despite the delay, it doesn't seem his family is proud of his remarks.

Roald Dahl Family Apologizes For Children's Author's Anti-Semitism

December 6, 2020 6:55 PM ET

The family of children's book author Roald Dahl has issued a belated apology for his history of anti-Semitism.

"The Dahl family and the Roald Dahl Story Company deeply apologise for the lasting and understandable hurt caused by some of Roald Dahl's statements," read the comment on the official Dahl website.

The apology comes three decades after the British author's death in 1990.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/06/943698406/roald-dahl-family-apologizes-for-childrens-authors-anti-semitism#:~:text=Dahl's%201983%20comments%20to%20New,anti%2DIsraeli%20and%20I've%20become%20antisemitic

You can read the original apology from 1990 on the official Dahl Web site:

https://www.roalddahl.com/apology

and an updated version on the same Web site. It states:

"During his lifetime Roald Dahl made a number of antisemitic comments. While we can appreciate and celebrate his creativity, we must also confront the harmful views he held.

"The Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC) apologises unreservedly for the lasting and understandable hurt that these antisemitic remarks have caused and the impact they have had. We condemn anti-Jewish racism and all forms of racism and prejudice.

"Since our original apology in 2020 which was made in conjunction with the Roald Dahl family, RDSC has engaged in listening and learning from experts in tackling antisemitism, including the Antisemitism Policy Trust, which has supported us with advice and ongoing staff training to help us better understand antisemitism." https://www.roalddahl.com/about

You can find a recent (March 13, 2026) article on Dahl's antisemitism here:

Roald Dahl’s Antisemitism Explained: What to Know About the Children’s Book Author’s Controversial Legacy

https://people.com/roald-dahl-antisemitism-explained-11923796

So whom will the discerning antisemite choose to quote- Adolf Hitler or Roald Dahl?

6 hours ago, xylophone said:

Not sure what you mean by "it's the horns" and in NO WAY was my post a troll baiting question, it was a genuine request for an answer and I have been a member on AN for 21 years and have never posted a "troll baiting" question as you have stated. No apology needed, but Evil Penevil has gone some way to give an answer and I will get onto AI to investigate further as it intrigues me.

That question is often asked in a way implying blame to Jews and as if it's some kind of hidden mystery and yes it has ALREADY BEEN COVERED here before multiple times.

A cliche but there are hundreds of books on the subject and credible (as well as misinformation of course) history and information is available to all online in a few seconds.

I will comment on the horns. I was having a laugh assuming any educated person knows about the Jews have horns trope.

Look at Michelangelo's sculpture of Moses.

It has horns.

On the other hand, perhaps Michelangelo's depiction of David's Schmecke was accurate.

Who has horns? Demons and devils.

A Jewish lady I knew from the US midwest told me she visited a small town there and people there thought she had horns and wanted to feel her head.

www.forward.com/culture/642747/horns-jewish-devil-antisemitism-symbol/

Are Jewish horns having a comeback? The history behind the antisemitic stereotype

Recent depictions of pro-Israel politicians and university presidents are on the horns of a new dilemma

For centuries, Jews have been depicted as horned in art and illustrated manuscripts; Nazis used the same imagery in antisemitic propaganda. The stereotype was so pervasive that even today, Jews have anecdotes of being asked to remove their hats or kippot so that people could check for their horns, or questioned about their tails and hooves.

14 hours ago, Jingthing said:

So the B.S. blaming this all on Israel's current actions is just that -- B.S.

No arguments from me, but I would suggest the current, quite visceral "flow" is probably related to the actions of the current Israeli government? Add the traditional bad actors and the hopelessly anti-Semitic, and it takes on tsunami-like proportions. Very, very sad.

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

NO!

I guess you're fishing for this so I'll repeat again:

I consider Netanyahu a war criminal.

Israel was totally and legally justified in responding the music festival massacre but they went way overboard in doing so.

Charges of genocide against the Israeli government are fully justified (snip)

Zionism only means support for the right of Israel to exist, have political self determination and defend itself. It does not necessarily mean support for the actions of the Israeli government. Those things are NOT the same. Some Zionists do, some don't. Compare to Russians. There is nothing wrong with loving Russia. There is a lot wrong with supporting Z fascist genocidal dictator Putin.

I'm not fishing for anything. You seem to have an issue with people not agreeing with you. You're in luck then, i agree with the quoted text

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

For centuries, Jews have been depicted as horned in art and illustrated manuscripts; Nazis used the same imagery in antisemitic propaganda. The stereotype was so pervasive that even today, Jews have anecdotes of being asked to remove their hats or kippot so that people could check for their horns, or questioned about their tails and hooves.

Much of the myth of Jewish horns stems from confusion between two similar Hebrew words, one of which means "shining" or "radiant," while the other means "horned," The word for "radiant" was mistranslated as "horned" in a verse in Exodus in an early version of the Bible that described Moses' face after God spoke to him. The misunderstanding became so widespread Michelangelo depicted Moses with horns in a sculpture.

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Herr Gottfrid -- makes for good virtue signaling but it's a VERY STUPID response when applied to real life in the diaspora.

So consider all the Jews in the diaspora, men, women, and children.

In the USA anyway, most are secular and cultural "lox and bagel -- Seinfeld" Jews at best.

They are NOT Israelis.

Of those a certain percentage could probably be visible enough as Jewish people or perhaps you see them in a Jewish space like a temple or Jewish film festival.

Of those, way less than one percent could be reasonably identified as being not only supportive of Israel in general but ALSO explicitly in support of the described actions against Palestinian Arabs.

By way of something like wearing an IDF t-shirt, etc.

So what are you gonna do, Herr Gottfrid?

Are you going up each and every visible or just "suspected" Jew and ask about their political views on Israeli policy?

Of course you aren't.

BTW -- the majority of them are going to be just like most of the other goofballs in the general public and not following politics closely at home or abroad.

So if a terrorist kills some random Jews in a temple in Canada and 5 of 10 of the murder victims turned out to be pro Israeli government policy is that 50 percent a good deed?

What if you go to an ER and you see the name tag of your ER doctor happens to be Dr. Goldberg.
Uh oh! A Jew. What do you do? Interview him about Israeli politics first?

IF you had said I will being feeling very negatively towards any Jew globally wearing an IDF shirt, then OK, I actually would easily get that. I feel very negatively to any person I see, American or not, wearing a Maga fascist red hat.

First, once again, why refer to me with German language? For the last time, I am not German.

And if less than 1% is supportive. That´s just good. The ones who support, is the ones I see as idiots. I think you got my meaning totally wrong.

Antisemitism is no different to racism.

People, especially ignorant people, tend to dislike what is different from them.

Race, Religion, Skin Colour, Height, Build, Language.

The whole thing is ridiculous really.

15 hours ago, Jeff the Chef said:

With rhetoric from there supporters like this Israel wonders why the majority of the World thinks they are a pariah state.

I regard it as a legtimate war against terror groups/Iran .

You can call it whatever you want to call it

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I regard it as a legtimate war against terror groups/Iran .

You can call it whatever you want to call it

Genocide and ethnic cleansing are not legitimate in any war.

18 hours ago, Jeff the Chef said:

I've no idea, but if nobody says anything it will be forgotten, for nearly 80 years this has gone on for with I believe a majority not seeing until lately what the Israeli's have kept out of the general publics eyes, social media and smart phones have/will be their undoing.

Its been regularly and frequently reported on for the last 40 odd years .

Have you only just discovered the topic ?

13 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Genocide and ethnic cleansing are not legitimate in any war.

Your side are just using those slogans to try to win the war .

The Palestinian strategy for winning the war .

Start war >Make numerous false claims about genocide > Get the World to turn against Israel .

A win for Palestine

27 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Its been regularly and frequently reported on for the last 40 odd years .

Have you only just discovered the topic ?

Nick, trying to be cleaver is beyond you, give it a rest.

40 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I regard it as a legtimate war against terror groups/Iran .

You can call it whatever you want to call it

As has been said several times, one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

I'm not fishing for anything. You seem to have an issue with people not agreeing with you. You're in luck then, i agree with the quoted text

Fishing or not I'm surprised that you agree with me about Zionism.

8 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Nick, trying to be cleaver is beyond you, give it a rest.

There's a cleaver in my profile picture, its to be expected

On 4/15/2026 at 6:13 PM, Jingthing said:

There is no equivalence of the government of Israel and the Nazi Reich.

Those promoting the big lie that there is are propagandists for Jew hating.

Not saying Israel hasn't behaved badly.

Obviously they have.

But equivalent to tbe Nazis not even in the same neighborhood.

Jew haters love to call Jews Nazis

Can't you criticize Israel in a non hateful way?

I think you’re the one who could use a history lesson, Jingthing.

The indiscriminate bombing and shelling of civilian populations, and the use of military force to expand one's borders are two glaring examples of parallels between what the Wehrmacht did during WWIi and what the IDF have done in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

Attempts to decapitate the leadership in these three countries can also be compared to Nazi tactics to murder resistance leadership in countries Germany occupied during the war.

When the Israeli government showed itself to believe that “never again” was only applicable to the Jewish people, and it was acceptable to perpetrate the same types of atrocities committed on the Jewish people on others under the banner of self defense and self determination, I’m sorry, but in my eyes, the Jewish state has lost a great deal of its moral stature.

And please don’t come back with accusations that I am a closet anti-Semite. I grew up in NYC, had many Jewish friends in my formative years, and have revered Jewish comedians all my life. What I am saying is that while their sense of victimhood in the wake of the Holocaust, and their hardening of hearts in the face of equally understandable hostility from their neighbors may be argued to be justified, in my estimation, the state of Israel appears to have lost its moral compass.

11 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

the state of Israel appears to have lost its moral compass.

Spot on, and I think it will spell the end of Israel.

16 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

There's a cleaver in my profile picture, its to be expected

My bad, you knew what I meant.

52 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Your side are just using those slogans to try to win the war .

The Palestinian strategy for winning the war .

Start war >Make numerous false claims about genocide > Get the World to turn against Israel .

A win for Palestine

I’ve explained many times Nick, I don’t have dude in this war, and I don’t condone any of it.

The claims of genocide are not false.

24 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

I think you’re the one who could use a history lesson, Jingthing.

The indiscriminate bombing and shelling of civilian populations, and the use of military force to expand one's borders are two glaring examples of parallels between what the Wehrmacht did during WWIi and what the IDF have done in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

Attempts to decapitate the leadership in these three countries can also be compared to Nazi tactics to murder resistance leadership in countries Germany occupied during the war.

When the Israeli government showed itself to believe that “never again” was only applicable to the Jewish people, and it was acceptable to perpetrate the same types of atrocities committed on the Jewish people on others under the banner of self defense and self determination, I’m sorry, but in my eyes, the Jewish state has lost a great deal of its moral stature.

And please don’t come back with accusations that I am a closet anti-Semite. I grew up in NYC, had many Jewish friends in my formative years, and have revered Jewish comedians all my life. What I am saying is that while their sense of victimhood in the wake of the Holocaust, and their hardening of hearts in the face of equally understandable hostility from their neighbors may be argued to be justified, in my estimation, the state of Israel appears to have lost its moral compass.

It is actually considered to be Anti Semitic to label Israel as being Nazis or compare them to Nazis .

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

It is actually considered to be Anti Semitic to label Israel as being Nazis or compare them to Nazis .

I think it fair to say it was.

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ve explained many times Nick, I don’t have dude in this war, and I don’t condone any of it.

The claims of genocide are not false.

IMO, they are false claims .

Just like the constant "On the brink of starvation " claims .