In general, I would also add that the most correct and natural way to reduce levels of antisemitism and racism is through joint struggles of Jews, Arabs, and others against dictatorial or autocratic and anti-democratic forces, against racism, antisemitism and discrimination, against occupation, apartheid, and genocide, and for shared and equal life in Palestine / Israel and everywhere. Such groups exist in Israel / Palestine, in the USA and elsewhere and present models of shared— even if at times tensely— struggle. I think that the first time a Holocaust exhibition was presented in a Palestinian village in the West Bank was in the village of Na ' alin in 2009, where Israelis joined Palestinians in their nonviolent struggle against the apartheid wall of separation. It emerged from the joint struggle.
the Hebrew University, as an antisemitic incident. And by the way, according to many surveys, a significant part of the increase in antisemitism following October 7 comes precisely from the far right. At the same time, there are also studies that show that, for example, among German students with leftist views critical of Israel, the level of antisemitism is the lowest of all other groups in the population.
I also want to note that it is interesting that the question directed to me deals only with antisemitism and does not deal at all with racism toward other groups— Muslim, Arab, Palestinians, immigrants. And certainly, it does not deal with the ways Jews and Jewish institutions or Israel express racism and hatred toward those same groups. As if the only important problem is antisemitism and not the racism against non-white people and particularly Palestinians, which is apparently much more violent and also more widespread and harmful. There is no very strong political lobby supporting the victims of these manifestations of racism. I will now try to answer the question more directly. First, there is no " one-size-fits-all " treatment for all cases of antisemitism in all places and in all times. And second, one must deal with both of these problems— racism and antisemitism— and not only with the problem of antisemitism. A significant part of any strategy should be combating antisemitism and anti-Palestinian / Arab / Muslim / immigrant racism together. The way to deal with antisemitism and racism in these contexts is first and foremost through interpersonal and intercommunal dialogue and mutual education— as long-term processes. These are not quick processes and also not easy ones. Because often there are conflicting memories, different perceptions of reality, etc. But this is in my view the only way to deal with both problems together.
In general, I would also add that the most correct and natural way to reduce levels of antisemitism and racism is through joint struggles of Jews, Arabs, and others against dictatorial or autocratic and anti-democratic forces, against racism, antisemitism and discrimination, against occupation, apartheid, and genocide, and for shared and equal life in Palestine / Israel and everywhere. Such groups exist in Israel / Palestine, in the USA and elsewhere and present models of shared— even if at times tensely— struggle. I think that the first time a Holocaust exhibition was presented in a Palestinian village in the West Bank was in the village of Na ' alin in 2009, where Israelis joined Palestinians in their nonviolent struggle against the apartheid wall of separation. It emerged from the joint struggle.
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