May 8, 2025 9:10pm by David Farrar

Jew blaming

Netanyahu govt actions have isolated Israel from global south and the west and stoked anti-semitism. Yitzhak Rabin was the last leader to effectively foster a political-diplomatic solution to the Palestine-Israel impasse. He was assassinated by a settler. You reap what you sow. https://t.co/StCCqVxdaa
— Peter Byard Davis (@PeterByardDavis) May 7, 2025

This is a very very disappointing tweet from Peter Davis, who I normally find to be much more thoughtful.

He is basically saying that Jews in Wellington deserve to have grafitti scrawled against them, because of the actions of the Israeli Government.

Would he excuse graffiti that says they hate Hindus because of the actions of the Indian Government? Or grafitti that says they hate Americans because of the actions of the US Government?

Conflating Jews with the Israeli Government is in itself classic anti-semitism. While the vast majority of Jews support the right of Israel to exist, there is a huge variation of opinion about the current Israeli Government, the war in Gaza, settlements, boundaries etc. Jews have a religion in common, but are very politically diverse.

So for Davis to justify graffiti that spreads hatred towards Jews on the basis of what the Government of Israel does is not at all good.

Benjamin Netanyahu won’t see graffiti in Wellington. It won’t influence him. The people who will see it is Jewish kids and Jewish families who live in Wellington and have to put up with this racism.

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