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Why aren't groups, particularly left-wing groups, on the streets protesting about escalating antisemitism and the number of Jews who are being forced out of Europe?

Are Jews not a 'fashionable' minority anymore?

The rights attention is on Islamophobia and the lefts attention is on defending them. So yeah, Jews are now a side story.

Reply 2

mojojojo101

Could argue similarly about the Romani people, who have both historically and currently face extreme persecution all across Europe.

Wont hear any mainstream voice criticising that though.

Reply 3

Catholic_

Westeners have been killed and attacked all over Europe yet semites are being painted as eternal victims of Islamism? Incredible.

Reply 4

#Ridwan

Muslims are a designated victim group among the left, Jews aren't.

Reply 5

MatureStudent36

Original post by Lady Comstock

Because most of the left wing groups are the ones driving it with their pro palestinian stance.

Reply 6

Octohedral

99% of people don't get angry about something unless they are told to.

I am pretty sure that if the main newspapers ran a front page dramatic story about anti-Semitism (possibly mentioning Nazis or something else fashionably anger-making), twitter would be up in arms. As it is, most people don't even know it's a problem.

The media controls the public, and, for whatever reason, neither the left nor right wing media are interested in Jews at the moment.

Reply 7

poohat

Because most secular jews are strong advocates of multiculturalism/anti-racism/immigration from muslim countries/etc and have historically voted for parties promoting this, so this is kind of what they wanted?

Also because Jewish people tend to be the most privileged group in most European countries (eg the UK where their average household wealth is £450k compared to £200k for non-Jewish whites) and they are vastly, vastly over-represented in pretty much every list of powerful people (eg I think around 14% of billionaires in the UK are Jewish despite them only being around 0.5% of the population) so claims of systematic discrimination are kind of hard to take seriously.

Muslims and Jews historically dont get on, and the Israel situation compounds this. So, obviously if you import a large number of Muslims into a country,then anti-semiticism is going to increase. This is just common sense and its both baffling and frustrating that people are acting surprised that it has happened (and it is mystifying why secular Jews continue to advocate for multiculturalism and third world immigration, when they are one of the groups that has the most to lose).

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Reply 8

Copperknickers

Original post by Lady Comstock

There was a small event in Paris last weekend, you may have missed it. About 400,000 people held up signs saying 'je suis juif'.

Reply 9

Renner

Original post by mojojojo101

Could argue similarly about the Romani people, who have both historically and currently face extreme persecution all across Europe.

Good.

Reply 10

SnoochToTheBooch

I'm not even really aware of this?

Reply 11

Dr Pesto

What on earth is a "fashionable minority"?

Reply 12

R£SP£CT

The media will always have an agenda. And its current agenda is Islaam.

Reply 13

drowzee

Agree with what people have just mentioned, the media likes to focus on what is 'hot' right now, and that is Islam. It's sad there isn't a wide range of topics discussed in the media. However, I'd say Islamphobia is something that seems to be on the rise, more so than anti-semitism, not saying it isn't a problem.