As a matter of introduction, two of Gustavo Perednik’s best known books would probably be To Kill Without a Trace: A Prequel to 9/11 and Judeophobia. The first deals with the 1994 Iranian terror attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) that killed 85 and wounded 300. Perednik’s investigation led him to conclude that this attack on the Argentinian Jewish community was part of the Jihad against the West.
To kill without trace is a piece of the bigger picture of what Perednik prefers to call Judeophobia rather than antisemitism. In his book bearing this title, Perednik argues that Judeophobia – not fear, but hatred of Jews – is a unique phenomenon, unlike racism, xenophobia, or any other hatred against people groups. Perednik sees at least 10 unparalleled characteristics of Judeophobia, among them: It is universal; It is permanent; It is obsessive (which is to say, Jews are not just any enemy, but The Enemy); It is more dangerous than any other hatred; And above all Judeophobia is chimerical, meaning it’s a phenomenon based on...
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