With over 1,500 antisemitic incidents between Oct. 7 and mid-November - three times the reported number in the entire 2022 - more French Jews seek to escape the climate of fear

With over 1,500 antisemitic incidents between Oct. 7 and mid-November – three times the reported number in the entire 2022 – more French Jews seek to escape the climate of fear

  • @ArtikBanana@beehaw.orgOP
    0•4 months ago

    My reply was an explanation to what you wrote in this part and why it is considered antisemitic:

    In a number of articles, graffiti of stars of David across buildings in France was categorized as anti-Semitic, which seems really weird to me because they weren’t defaced or altered in any way, just stars of David. On its face I would think that was…pro-semitic.

    Also in the article that I have linked, the mention of this incident is immediately followed by this:

    Police now believe this was a Russian-inspired destabilisation operation rather than a home-grown intimidation campaign.

    • @ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
      0•4 months ago

      Yeah, that’s fair, I did not have that context originally. I should have quoted the article I linked, because the salient parts point out that it was strange the graffiti evoked the Israeli flag, which I had noticed originally:

      Also the message in the medium was confusing. Conceivably a blue Israeli flag, or what immediately evokes it, could be seen as a pro-Jewish sign. Surely any genuine antisemite would have found a clearer way of expressing their hate.

      I’m inclined to agree with the BBC’s conclusion:

      As for the purpose of Operation Star of David, like all dezinformatsiya it seems to have been to sow confusion and anxiety. The fact that the symbol could be either pro- or anti-Israeli made it all the more interesting: that way both sides would be suspicious.

      I notice the Times of Israel doesn’t consider this months-old information when continuing to reference it as evidence of anti-semitism.