It used to wear uniforms. Now it wears sneakers.
Once, antisemitism spoke in parades and propaganda posters. Today, it comes as a hashtag.
The old hatred didn’t die after 1945. It simply opened an account on social media.
It traded the swastika for a keffiyeh, replaced the pamphlet with a viral video, and learned to speak the language of “justice.”
That is the strange evolution of our time. The same obsession that blamed Jews for capitalism now blames them for colonialism.
It is still a conspiracy theory. It just changed fonts.
Spend five minutes on any major platform and you will see it.
A meme that compares Israel to Nazi Germany. A thread that explains how “global Zionism” controls the media.
It all comes wrapped in the soft light of activism, served with the confidence of someone who believes they are on the right side of history.
The people spreading it are not thugs or extremists. They are students, artists, and influencers who genuinely believe they are defending the oppressed.
They use the language of empathy while recycling the tropes of hatred.
Jean Améry saw it coming long before Twitter existed.
He wrote that antisemitism would return not in jackboots but in the name of virtue.
He was right. The new antisemite doesn’t march. He posts.
There is no need for bonfires when cancel culture does the work.
There is no need for censorship when social pressure erases Jewish voices under the excuse of “context.”
A generation raised on inclusion has somehow learned to exclude one group without hesitation.
And the world applauds. Because it looks progressive.
Because the slogans sound noble.
Because nobody wants to admit that the old hatred has found a new tone of voice.
The truth is simpler and darker.
Hatred never disappears. It rebrands.
And every generation must learn to recognize the new logo of the same disease.
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