Dr. Jim Ellsworth* I would also note that I'm not entirely convinced it's accurate to characterize these attacks as antisemitic. #Terrorism, yes: Jewish worshippers in synagogues are noncombatants, and unambiguously protected under the Law of Armed Conflict. (I would also argue that these attacks are immoral under ALLAH'S law as well, based on verses such as Qur'an 22:40: "Were it not that Allah repels people by means of others, monasteries, churches, SYNAGOGUES, and mosques—where the name of God is mentioned much—would have been demolished," suggesting that it is THEIR DEFENDERS who are engaged in jihad).
But from all the statements I've seen, these attacks are not being motivated by HATRED OF JEWS FOR BEING JEWS (antisemitism), but rather by the fact that a geopolitical entity loudly marketing itself as THE JEWISH STATE™ is slaughtering thousands of civilians in illegal armed aggression against MULTIPLE sovereign nations (Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran) while the "civilized" world DEFENDS THEM AND SUPPLIES THEM WITH THE WEAPONS FOR IT, as #GenocidesBodyguards.
That's not antisemitism; it's collective self-defense.
