For the last 2 ½ years, Israel has been carrying out what seems like an endless war of attrition — against the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and now against Lebanon and Iran. In this article, Amira Hass, Haaretz's correspondent in the occupied territories, explains how the Israeli regime’s claim that it does so in the name of all Jewish people around the globe endangers Jews worldwide by feeding the flames of antisemitism. TAn antisemitism advocated more and more openly, implicitly or explicitly, by the ultraright — as was the case with the rise of fascism prior to World War II — and threatens to enter the mainstream of bourgeois politics.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45184768

March 23, 2026
[article contains content of Haaretz article by Amira Hass, plus context and commentary]

Israel is dangerous for Jews, precisely because it presents itself as the representative of the Jewish people across generations. When, together with the United States, it bombs Iran and crushes Lebanon, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, Israel does so in the name of the Jewish people, not just in the name of its Jewish citizens.

As it continues a war of annihilation and revenge – now in its low intensity stage – against the Palestinian population, confined to 48 percent of the Gaza Strip, and after portraying Palestinians as a link in a historical chain of archenemies, it acts as an ambassador for Jews everywhere.