Free Palestine is Heil Hitler

The Shifting Sands of Global Opinion: A Look at Perceptions of the Jewish People

It's striking to observe the shifts in global responses to the Jewish people throughout history. From the horrific period of 1939-1945, when the world seemed to largely remain silent as the Jewish people faced destruction, we've arrived at a different point today. Now, with Jews armed and capable of defending themselves, the silence has often been replaced by vocal opposition, with some rallying in support of those who openly seek their destruction. This invites us to consider the underlying dynamics at play.

Alliances: A Matter of Pragmatism, Not Pure Altruism

Let's be real, true friendships between nations are rare. Most alliances form because of shared enemies or simply because it benefits a state's own interests. And honestly, we shouldn't expect anything different; countries don't usually act out of pure selflessness. Everything is pretty transactional. The challenge for the Jewish people, often facing immense hatred, is that they have to offer a significant amount just to even get a seat at the table. To receive even a fraction of the consideration that matches the unique animosity they face, they often feel they must overproduce and over-deliver.

"Free Palestine": A Contested Call for "Purity"

Today, the rallying cry to "Free Palestine" is a call for a second "Final Solution," aiming for the complete removal of Jews from the Middle East. just as Europe once wished to purge the continent of Jews, seeing it as a path to managing issues and alleviating envy of Jewish success, a similar impulse exists today. This time, the motivation is a desire to purge society of guilt related to the Holocaust, with the annihilation of Jews presented as a path to emotional cleansing.

There's a belief, that a Jew-free Europe would be easier to manage. This idea seems to have evolved into a conviction that eliminating the Jewish presence could facilitate better Christian-Muslim integration in Europe, albeit at the expense of Zionism. This is a recurring theme: the notion that solving the "Jewish problem" will magically make other societal problems vanish.

The Enduring "Jewish Question": From Conspiracy to Convenient Scapegoat

Europe, at various points, has been convinced that the Jewish people are a primary obstacle to collective stability. Back then, it was "Jews cause all the wars"; now, it's "Jews are the reason there's no integration" in what some call a Christian-Muslim cold war in Europe.

The disturbing part is that, just like then, some don't seem to mind that those actively pursuing this "solution" are extremists - whether literal Nazis in the past or jihadists today.

The "Jewish issue" in Europe, has unfortunately become a self-fulfilling prophecy of anti-Semitic fantasies. It's seen as a tool, a conspiracy exploited by external powers like China and Qatar, who leverage the myths surrounding Jews to advance their own agendas in the West. It’s as if a continent that once accepted a diluted imitation of Judaism is now susceptible to believing those it once unsuccessfully imitated are the source of all evil.

The persecution of Jews is never a real solution to anything. At best, it's a diversion tactic, a way for a regime or society to manage its own population by redirecting blame. It's a form of collective neurosis. Jews are often seen as convenient for this purpose: a relatively small, often unseen, yet disproportionately successful group. This makes it easy to convince people, from politicians to the average citizen, that unseen forces control them, and that by giving power to those who claim to identify the root cause, this "destabilizing ghost" can be removed, granting freedom and awareness to the populace and power to the manipulators.

"Pure Awareness": A Post-Jewish Vision

The calls to "Free Palestine" are, essentially a call for "pure awareness", for a post-Jewish consciousness, a world without Jews.

It echoes Europe in 1942, and its desire for a "purified" Europe, cleansed of a perceived Jewish "destabilizing demon." The historical price was tacit acceptance of Nazism; today, it's seen as tacit acceptance of Islamism.

Paradoxically, some argue that it's only through the perceived "vile Jew" that certain groups can embrace those in jihadist garb, even on the left. The "Jew" becomes the scapegoat which makes the horseshoe theory concrete, allowing different factions to avoid blaming or fighting each other, instead uniting against an imagined, incomprehensible, yet vividly evil "demon."

The call to "Free Palestine" becomes a call to confront the physical manifestation of the Jewish demon. This geographically located, entity that still manipulates, allows unity across ideological divides.

This offers a backdrop to understanding recent decisions, like that of Emmanuel Macron.