I long for peace in the Middle East, I support a two-state solution and I believe Netanyahu is dangerous. But because I’m Jewish, I’m despised, and that’s profoundly distressing.
This morning I dropped my daughter to school. As always, she was greeted at the gate by an armed guard. Jewish schools and synagogues in Sydney and Melbourne have long required security due to the constant risk of antisemitism. Every now and then, there will be a minor incident: a threat of violence, a Hitler salute in the street, a swastika painted on a wall. It’s awful and upsetting, but we deal with it.Today, however, the whole community is on high alert.
I have friends and family in Israel, as do most Jewish people, but I haven’t been to Israel since I was 12 years old. This, however, is irrelevant. Antisemitism isn’t really about Israel. It existed long before the state of Israel was established. In fact, antisemitism gave rise to the state of Israel: In 1948, the Jews were granted a homeland after 6 million of us were murdered in the Holocaust.
Will they call me a “Zionist”, even though I support a two-state solution? Yes. Is “Zionist” often used as a code word for “Jew”? Absolutely.
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