It’s no surprise that the latest round of Gaza fighting that came to an end last night generated a fresh wave of online antisemitism.
Any time Israel defends itself, those who hate Jews crawl out from their holes in great numbers and spew their venom on any platform that will allow it.
Sadly, Facebook and Twitter remain among those platforms that allow it.
Both social media giants ban “hate speech,” which they define as threatening language targeting a race, religion, gender or other people group. It is not considered hate speech to speak ill of a nationality. And for this reason, Israel falls between the cracks.
But the fact of the matter is that when people write things like “Death to Israel” on social media, what they really mean is “death to Israel’s Jews.”
“Regarding anti-Israeli content – unfortunately such content is not considered hate speech by the social networks. They define such content as legitimate criticism of a state. I understand that such content can be interpreted as hateful in our eyes, but according to the networks it is not, so it’s a shame to waste time on it,” read a message posted by the group Fighting Online Antisemitism to its volunteers on an antisemitism monitoring group last week, as reported by Israel Hayom.
During the discussion on the monitoring group, one of the volunteers reported finding a social media post in English encouraging the terrorists with the words: “Jesus authorizes you to kill the Jews.”
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Anti-Semitism drives Jews out of other lands: Anti-Zionism refuses to let Jews live in their own land. Antisemitism is the work of the church not Jesus i.e:
Ignatius claimed the Jews killed Jesus. Justin Martyr charged the Jews with deicide, he identified the church as spiritual Israel. Irenaeus claimed God had disinherited the Jews. Clement said the Jews had forfeited Israel. Hippolytus said Jews were destined to be slaves to the nations. Tertullian blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus. (Jesus is alive) Cyprian showed the Jews had lost God. Origen argued Israel should be overthrown and Jerusalem should perish. The Council of Elvira, Edict of Milan and Council of Nicaea actively persecuted Jews. Eusebius asserted that the church was the new Israel. Hilary said the Jews were a perverse people. John Chrysostom claimed it was a Christian duty to hate Jews. Ambrose of Milan said that Christians may never cease vengeance.
Augustine said the Jews were destined to wander the earth. Thomas Aquinas said Jews should wear distinctive badge, and that Jews and heretics should be killed after two warnings. Luther had a spiritual intolerance of Jews, but Hitler made it a racial one.
Israel has been restored in accordance with God’s holy word. Jesus returns to a restored Israel prior to setting up his millennial reign. Church reformation that doesn’t renounce historic and present antisemitism, and then goes on to identify with fallen Israel with a view to drawing on the grace, mercy and longsuffering of God for us all, hasn’t completed the reformation process. They should also preach personal salvation and practice discipleship. Jesus attitude to Israel and Jews is the same as his father’s. “For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.” (Jeremiah 31:9)