No, Mr Game, it is not a coincidence that this conflict which is central to so much of the world’s geopolitics is something people tend to put more emphasis on than other wars. Longevity, our role in creating the conflict, the global repercussions of the situation all tell you that this situation in Gaza is going to get more coverage than most other wars.
It is possible to hold a light up to a situation and find all the leading figures to be in the wrong. In this situation Hamas and Netanyahu are both wrong. The people of both sides are both victims. However, they are both victims interspersed with zealots. They are two sides with a thin line between politics and faith. An Israeli state Nationalist state which consistently breaks international law vs a terrorist state which uses innocent people as pawns in an international PR campaign.
But what most people cannot understand is that Israel, and our allies, are very clear: Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian lives. They are quite content to kill thousands upon thousands, while cutting off food supplies to the rest. These people already live in poverty, in an apartheid regime. They very well may sympathise with Hamas, but did sympathising with the IRA mean the UK was justified in killing innocents in Ireland? The death toll is now staggeringly one-sided.
So, no, it is not antisemitism to state outrage at the actions of Israel. Being outraged at brutality is what makes us human. Antisemitism is, however, rife on X, and in MAGA, and in Reform. It is the beating heart of the WEF conspiracy, the George Soros nonsense, and the assertion that the banks - Farage himself named Goldman-Sachs (I wonder why?) - are part of a global cabal attempting to destroy Christian society.
That is antisemitism. Not criticism of a vindictive political regime.
