Supermajority of Jewish Americans think Israel and Aipac drive antisemitism
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Vast majority of Jewish voters in US want sanctions against 'violent West Bank settlers'

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54992042

Nov. 5, 2026

The poll says 66 percent of Jewish voters in the US believe that Aipac’s campaign spending against candidates who criticise Israel actually increases antisemitism in the country.

In addition, 60 percent believe that Jewish organisations that label harsh criticism of Israel as antisemitic are exploiting concerns about antisemitism to defend unpopular Israeli government policies.

Notably, 80 percent of Jewish voters believe that Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza are increasing antisemitism in the US.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    And I’m not even sure they are all that safe in Israel. Or their actions don’t seem to indicate that they feel safe.

    Their actions have directly caused them feeling less safe.

    When you forcibly take away territory from a neighboring people so you can give it to “settlers” from your country, you generate resentment and anger.

    When you label an entire population as terrorists and kill a large portion of their people you create the next generation of angry orphans who will seek revenge against you.

    • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Their morbid plan had one flaw: unlike Europeans in North America, they didn’t outright exterminate all the natives upon their arrival, they merely decimated and displaced them. The resentment stems from being neighbors with people who stole your land. Even the French were better at conolizing North Africa: they stole the land and decimated the population, but then they employed the natives and let them live there. It allowed them to stay a bit longer than otherwise. In the end they were kicked out after a bloody war of emancipation against apartheid and oppression.