Undersigned. I’ve also been thinking about the sick irony that the ethnostate meant to protect Jews from antisemitism has, by virtue of the atrocities committed in our name, become a chief propellant of it.

The traditional communal response—they just hate us no matter what, this has nothing to do with Israel’s actions, etc—not only asks people to ignore what is most obvious but is openly contradicted by the reality on the ground: every American Jewish institution understands it has to increase security protocols when Israel starts a new bombardment.

Let me be clear: if you’re blaming Jewish toddlers in Michigan for Bibi’s actions, you are an antisemite and we are not on the same side. There is no ‘but’ here - only an and: the Zionist insistence that there is no daylight between Jews and the state of Israel fuels these violent responses, even as it never justifies them.