The ‘Other Side’ Turns Against the Jews

Peloni:  The move towards normalizing Jew Hatred lacks decency, morality, and rationality.  It is a toxin which seeks out alliances with the worst elements of anti Western values, which actually threatens the future stability and survival of the West in the war being waged against it by Marxists and Islamists both.  Meanwhile, those among the Right in America who have the gravitas and influence to turn this toxic movement into outcasts, seem to be demonstrating the same lack of leadership and control as was seen by the Democrats as they cravenly remained silent before joining the rising din of antisemitism after having allowed it to fester among their followers without any serious opposition.  As the likes of Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation have failed twice to act when it should have been an instantaneous response to what is being spewed by these Leftist wannabees within the Right, it is disappointing that President Trump has not taken up the slack using the bully pulpit of the presidency to describe antisemites as being antisemitic, even when they claim to be supporting him.  Contrary to the notion carried by Megyn Kelly, the Right has a duty to identify what is and is not acceptable among their own adherents, and this becomes particularly true as some of these adherents attempt to mimic the Left in damaging ways which are not limited to their embrace of antisemitism.  Recall that like the Woke Right, Obama too sought to ally with the Iranians against the interests of not just Israel but the US as well.  These charlatans Conservatives have much to explain, but they must first be challenged by someone on the Right, and no one more so than Trump would benefit from seeing this smoldering fire of division on the Right put to rest.

by Pierre Rehov  •  Gatestone Institute  •  February 18, 2026

The newly vocal antisemitic “Right” seems to represent regress masquerading as rebellion. They do not actually speak for the “Right;” they speak for themselves and for the social media algorithms that reward outrage and sounding outrageous. Pictured: Tucker Carlson. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Tucker Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

• This chill is often dressed up as “just asking questions” or “anti-globalism”. How come there never seem to be similar “questions” about Qatar, China, Turkey, Nigeria or Pakistan?

• The problem is not about failing to tolerate “free speech.” The problem is about failing to examine what is said with follow-up questions. The great Edward R. Murrow invited Senator Joseph McCarthy on CBS television’s See It Now not to give him the run of the corral but to challenge his remarks. The problem is a pattern of tolerating an intolerance that would not be accepted if it were aimed at any ethnic group other than Jews.
• There is a gulf between arguing to cut foreign aid and amplifying blood-libel smears.
• Criticism is not censorship, decency is not “consensus” and the Jewish people are not “clicks.”
• Contrast the fringe to actual governance. Under President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. moved its Embassy to Jerusalem (2018), recognized Israeli sovereignty on the Golan Heights (2019), and brokered the Abraham Accords — historic normalization agreements reshaping the strategic map. These facts remain the gold standard for a pro-ally foreign policy grounded in U.S. interests.
• Whenever Washington projected resolve rather than courting applause in European salons, anti-terror alignment, economic growth and Western values have advanced.
• The newly vocal antisemitic “Right” seems to represent regress masquerading as rebellion. They do not actually speak for the “Right;” they speak for themselves and for the social media algorithms that reward outrage and sounding outrageous.
• Many – maybe most — prominent members of the “Right” — from Trump to Pastor John Hagee, Thomas Sowell and Marco Rubio — stand with Israel because they stand with the West, with victims of jihad, and with a commitment to preserve the values of individual freedom, economic opportunity, quality education, freedom of expression and equal justice under the law. The “Right” would do well say so — clearly, repeatedly, and without apology — and should quarantine the grifters who would trade civilization for “clicks.”

It’s back. Not the usual anti-Israel vitriol from the so-called “Left” —but a creeping, winking strain of anti-Jewish hostility rising this time inside the American “Right.” This chill is often dressed up as “just asking questions” or “anti-globalism”. How come there never seem to be similar “questions” about Qatar, China, Turkey, Nigeria or Pakistan?

There is nothing new about recycling century-old tropes, flirting with blood libels, or mainstreaming a Holocaust denier because he brings clicks. The American “Right” — at its best — defends the Judeo-Christian foundations of the West, and honors facts, allies and moral clarity. This heritage means standing with Israel and against antisemites, even when the antisemites posture as being on the side of all that is “good.”

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