Peloni: In the article linked below,Jonathan S. Tobin, Editor in Chief of JNS, describes the plight of the pro-Israel base in America as the tide of antisemitism rising in the United States today is seen to be tied to the unwillingness to confront Islamist extremism. The manufactured charge of “Islamophobia” is employed to to suppress criticism of both antisemitic rhetoric as well as the organizations connected to Islamist movements in America, particularly groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR. Tobin correctly calls out the failure of both Republican and Democratic approaches for downplaying these concerns, but notes that the future of the GOP support for Israel will largely depend on whether it can address antisemitism and Islamist influence without cowering behind the Woke standard of political correctness which of course works hand in hand to maximize the effect of the faux charge of “Islamophobia” while defending antisemites for their antisemitism. In recognizing this fact, Tobin continues his analysis by raising the fact that by failing to defend against antisemitism, the Republican both abandon the Jews as well as their standards in facing down Wokism. Defeating the rising tide of antisemitic not only defends Jews against their oppressors, but it simultaneously defends Americans from the demonization and abandonment of those values and standards which define America as well as the movement to make America Great Again.
Jonathan Tobin
https://www.jns.org/opinion/column/jonathan-s-tobin/antisemitism-islam-and-the-future-of-the-gop
The author mentions a major problem in that major social media companies provide a platform for purveyors of antisemitism.
Why? Isn’t the founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg, a Jew? Musk owns X. Good luck in reporting an antisemitic post on these platforms!
The perpetrators claim that they are only engaging in free speech. BS. Free speech does not include screaming in a crowded theater and causing a panic. Free speech does not include libel, slander, defamation of character. Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Social media outlets have a responsibility to moderate their content. I run two Facebook Groups. They are moderated and safe places. If it is okay to moderate a Facebook Group, then why is it not okay to moderate the remainder of Facebook content?
The avalanche of antisemitic content on online platforms constitutes an attack on the Jewish people. Are we suggesting that there is no legal means of defending ourselves?