Jew Haters Lie Like We Breathe. We Need To Accept That.

Constantly denying that the hate is irrational isn't helping our cause.

Last year I wrote an article called “The Answer Is: It’s Antisemitism.” In it, I talked about the inability for many people to accept the reality of antisemitism.

Eight months later, almost two years since October 7, too many people seem as unwilling as ever to accept the situation.

Recently, I was listening to a podcast called “Boundless Insights,” hosted by Aviva Klompas. Her guest that day was urban warfare expert John Spencer. It’s worth listening to the episode, but it reminded me once again of the unfortunate tendency so many of us have to “ask questions” about potential antisemitism, which seems more like wishful thinking, or probably more realistically denial, rather than admit that hating Jews is the ONLY motivation necessary for antisemites to do what they do.

Spencer went into detail about the obvious double standard that the world is applying to Israel in Gaza, many of which have never been seen before during the incredibly long history of warfare. It struck me that he claimed that the ridiculous standard applied to Israel “is really problematic for the future of war.” What he meant was, as just one example, demanding that Israel feed its attackers sets a dangerous standard for future wars. Why? Because doing so only prolongs a war and may even lessen the chances of victory.

That worry would make much more sense if we were talking about other nations, but we are not. We are talking about Israel. What he misses is that other countries will never be held to the standards that Israel is being held to right now. So, it won’t be a problem in the future (unless one of the combatants is Israel).

How do I know that? Because no country has ever been held to these ridiculous standards before (other examples are demanding combatant to civilian kill ratios while the war is still raging, obediently accepting war stats coming from terrorists, demanding a “day after” plan well before the end was in sight, and many, many more).

Israel is attacked in a pre-civilizational, barbaric, subhuman way – and the world expects it to then treat its enemies not humanely - but stupidly. So given that has never happened before, there is no reason to believe that it would ever happen again (again, minus Israel as part of the equation).

Spencer failed to realize that these standards didn’t materialize out of thin air. Millenia of rules regarding warfare weren’t suddenly randomly suspended this time around. The new rules were created and are being applied specifically because it was Israel that was attacked - and it is Israel that is fighting back. In other words: it’s obvious that these rules not only didn’t materialize out of the ether but were created specifically to make it harder for a Jewish army, fighting an existential war on behalf of the Jewish people, to win.

He followed up by saying that the problem is “really nuanced” and seemed totally mystified by the double standards.

Incredible.

For her part the host asked him “Do you think that this Western outrage is a product of misinformation? Or do you think that there is something deeper, or more ideological about what is playing out?... we’re very quick to call it antisemitism. Or is it just the first time that it has happened?”

I don’t know very much about Aviva Klompas – but HOW can anyone even ask those questions? OBVIOUSLY, the “Western outrage” (meaning Hamas supporters in the West) prompted by “misinformation” is only possible because the legions of Hamas supporters in the West want to believe that “misinformation.” And no, it is not “ideological.” It is antisemitism, and her comment implying that we are “quick” to call something antisemitic, seems to be an attempt to try to shift obvious Jew hatred away from what it is, and make it something more intellectually appetizing.

I don’t get it. Why is this so hard for people?

All of this is happening for only one reason: people want to believe the relentless (and relentlessly stupid) propaganda coming from Hamas, and its supporters. That includes the entirety of the mainstream media, and despicable organizations like the United Nations.

The so called “famine” is the latest, and most obvious, example. The entire Hamas supporting, Jew hating, Israel hating world knows that there is no famine in Gaza. Yet even well-meaning people try to use the “famine” to ding Hamas with lines about “Hamas starving its own people” so “free Gaza from Hamas.”

Hamas definitely steals aid and sells it. But that fact doesn’t equal a “famine.” People seem to have a hard time separating things sometimes. Hamas stealing food, doesn’t mean that their lies about a Famine are real. Just because it is correct to blame Hamas for stealing food, doesn’t mean that the food was necessary in the first place.

Regardless, it is an inane way of thinking when 90% of the Gazan population supported Hamas in the aftermath of 10/7, and even those that don’t still virulently hate Jews and hate Israel. (Another thing people seem to have a hard time separating: opposing Hamas in Gaza, or Islamism in the West does not equal a love for Jews and Israel)

That there is no famine has always seemed obvious to me. Famines look like this, this, this, and THIS. Whereas every similar image issued by Hamas has proven to be a child with an unrelated medical condition, generated by artificial intelligence, staged, or taken in different places and times. The most famous example of this is the picture that the New York Times put on its front page (and pushed by dozens of other major, and minor, news outlets). It claimed that the child was starving; it turned out that he had a genetic condition and was taken out of Gaza with the help of… Israel. An early clue was that in an alternate picture, the child’s sibling was also pictured and looked 100% healthy.

On the other hand, there was the harrowing image of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, who was forced to dig his own grave - and count how many days he’s gone without food. In at least one image issued by Hamas a very healthy-looking arm of a terrorist is visible.

Even more obviously, given how duplicitous Hamas is, and its skill at PR, there is no doubt that if thousands were starving in Gaza, we would be flooded with images of starvation every single day. There are also videos every week of Palestinians staging death/starvation. This was all over X last week, and it is typical.

Nations that have actual famines do not need to manufacture proof.

Not only did the worldwide media happily present the lies as fact, but a famine watchdog group, affiliated with the U.N., the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), changed its definition of “famine” in order to further propagate the lie. The New York Times, CNN, NPR, and ABC News all happily used the IPC’s reporting, with the newly manipulated metrics, to accuse Israel of mass starvation.

Then there is the issue of France, Canada, Australia, and probably The UK recognizing a “Palestinian” state. Islamist Jew haters viciously attack the civilian population of Israel, they kidnap hundreds of people, and the attackers are rewarded with their own state.

The world is even doing what it can to stop us from reminding the world of exactly what took place on October 7, 2023. The Toronto Film Festival pulled a documentary (since reinstated after massive pressure from the pro-Israel public) on October 7^th. Why? They insanely claimed that the filmmakers didn’t procure the rights to the footage from Hamas’ GoPro cameras used during the animalistic attacks.

Even with this (and sadly much more – I can’t even begin to scratch the surface each month), people still ask why this is happening. Why the double standards? Why are there Hamas supporters all over the West? Why do so many college students support Hamas? Why many members of minorities, who Jews historically stood by during their own struggles, hate us now? Why is Europe doing almost nothing to stop antisemitism? Etc. etc. etc.

The answer to ANY questions like this is: antisemitism. They do what they do because they hate us. There is no deeper meaning, there is no nuance, there are no rational explanation - for any of it.

Yet people still try to explain it rationally or pretend that there must be some other answer than they just hate us.

People have hated us for over 3,000 years. They hated us before Israel existed. They hated us before Netanyahu was on the scene. They hated us before Israel went to war against Hamas.

As my father would have said “They hate us because they hate us.”

A very good, longtime friend (he is also a Chabadnik), wrote me recently, and we discussed how our attitudes have changed since October 7th. I said this to him:

“I always knew that as Jews, we occupy a different place in the world, but the hope that society has evolved in any way is gone. Which is ok with me in a way because I always knew that as Jews, we could only rely on each other. People don't change in the big picture (individuals are a different story). I wouldn't trade being a Jew for ANYTHING. So, if this is what we're supposed to go through now, it's still a tiny fraction of what our ancestors went through. We had it much easier than they ever did for 70 years, especially in the West, and now that is changing. B'H we had it so good for so long. Look what that period did for Chabad, and as a result the entire Jewish people.”

So stop looking for reasons. This is the way it is. Identify antisemitism, then fight it ANY way you can, but be proud that as Jews, this is just how it is. If that’s not satisfying enough, remember that it is impossible to overvalue being a Jew. We all know that this is part of it. Ultimately, thank G-d, we always prevail. We will this time too. Concentrate on the infinite beauty of Jewishness, be aware of our enemies, fight back, but look for intellectual satisfaction with Judaism – what our enemies think is their problem.

Never be afraid. Never give up.

Am Yisrael Chai.

This article originally appeared in Orange County Jewish Life.

Joshua Namm is a longtime Jewish community pro, passionate Israel advocate, and co-founder/co-CEO of Moptu, a unique social platform designed specifically for article sharing, and dedicated to the principle of free speech.