Last week, a 72-year-old Jewish man hanging Gaza hostage posters in New York City was punched in the face by thugs shouting, “Free Palestine.”

Since the October 7^th massacre, the campaign to “Globalize the Intifada” has exploded with a vengeance, threatening the safety of American Jews as never before on U.S. streets.

Last month, a couple was shot dead in Washington, DC by a radical leftist, outside the Capital Jewish Museum. Last week, Jews in Boulder, CO, marching to release hostages in Gaza, were fired-bombed by an illegal Egyptian immigrant. Both assailants yelled “Free Palestine.”

Demands to “Globalize the Intifada” call for repeating past terror waves in Israel—but now on a worldwide scale. When today’s militants demand to “free Palestine” by “any means necessary,” they’re advocating harassment, violent attacks and even murders—but especially elimination of Jews and the Jewish state.

Jews in many parts of the U.S. cannot enter a synagogue without fear, hang a mezuzah on their door, wear a Star of David necklace, mention Israel, or admit they’re Jewish, because exposing themselves endangers them and their families.

Outrageously, dozens of American legacy media are complicit in this antisemitic, anti-Israel movement. These outlets feature scandalously false news stories that impugn Israel and hide perpetrators’ or victims’ identities to whitewash anti-Jewish hate attacks by radical leftists and Islamists. They also manipulate Gaza war reports to minimize Hamas’s war crimes.

Likewise, many in academia and the arts support globalizing the intifada—spreading vicious lies about Israel on college campuses and entertainment venues. Even liberal Jews encourage the violence by unfairly criticizing Israel and refusing to condemn leftist and Muslim antisemitism.

When pro-Hamas militants scream “Globalize the Intifada!” it’s not an empty slogan. They openly admit it’s a call for violent revolution—against Jews, but also against the U.S. and Western civilization.

Clearly, those who truly believe in Israel, the Jewish people and traditional American values need to step up—especially American Jews and their institutions.

Attacks on Jews skyrocket to historic highs. The World Zionist Organization reports a 340% increase in antisemitic incidents in 2024 globally and 288% in the U.S., compared with 2022. In the year following the October 7 massacre, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported 10,000+ incidents—the highest in over 45 years. A 2024 American Jewish Committee report notes 56% of American Jews modified their behavior due to fear, and 69% of U.S. Jews encountered online antisemitism. The report attributes these trends to political extremism and anti-Israel sentiment.

Mainstream media fuel the Global Intifada by promoting blood libels against Israel. In late May, the BBC reported UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher claiming “14,000 babies in Gaza would die in the next 48 hours” if Israel didn’t allow more aid immediately. Shortly thereafter, media also reported the IDF shot and killed dozens of Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid. The Washington Post issued a headline, “UN condemns U.S. aid scheme after Israel opens fire on crowd.”

Both stories were abject lies. This pattern of defaming Israel has repeated itself many times during the Hamas-Gaza war, fueling the campaign to Globalize the Intifada.

Legacy media whitewash ultra-left and Islamist anti-Jewish hate crimes. After the attack in Boulder, for instance, media issued headlines like “Multiple people burned in Sunday attack in Boulder” (NPR) and “Attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in Colorado burns eight people, officials say; suspect in custody” (CBS). No mention of targeting Jews or the Israel-hating Egyptian suspect screaming “Free Palestine.”  When media excise incriminating details, they not only sanitize antisemitic terrorism, they promote it.

Mainstream media minimize Hamas’s war crimes. A recent BBC headline proclaimed, “Israeli air strike on hospital kills 28 people in Gaza, civil defence says.” This headline fails to reveal the hospital covered a Hamas military headquarters. Indeed, media seldom report the common Hamas war crime of putting their terrorists and infrastructure in and around civilian buildings, or their habit of publishing lies in the guise of “press reports.”  The media practice of parroting Hamas’s narrative hides the terrorist group’s brutality, vilifies Israel, and supplies deadly ammunition to advocates of the global intifada.

Elite universities and celebrities glorify a global intifada. Pro-Hamas demonstrations and encampments on campus prescribe genocide of Jews “from the River to the Sea,” leading to harassment and violence against Jewish students nationwide. Thus, many American campuses are danger zones for Jews.

Entertainers have also joined the campaign to stigmatize Israel and justify violence. Last month, more than 350 celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival signed an open letter falsely accusing Israel of genocide. This past April, the Irish band “Kneecap” hung huge slogans on stage: “Fuck Israel. Free Palestine.”

Jewish leaders and organizations unfairly criticize Israel and fail to oppose the campaign to globalize the Intifada. After the October 7^th massacre, groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held rallies on U.S. campuses glorifying violence, but Jewish organizations were slow or muted in responding. At Columbia University, for instance, Jewish students faced ongoing intimidation, but major Jewish groups failed to apply sustained pressure on university leadership to protect them.

Last year, Jewish Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), called for “significant course corrections” on how Israel conducted the war against Hamas, and advocated new elections to replace the Israeli government. He also blocked the Senate’s approval of the Antisemitism Awareness Act to prevent alienating antisemitic, pro-Hamas protesters and attract votes for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Our failing fight to defeat “Globalize the Intifada.” While the Trump Administration has taken some pro-active steps, including defunding post-secondary institutions that fail to protect Jewish students and deporting pro-terrorist foreign students like Mahmoud Khalil, this alone won’t stop the anti-Jewish, anti-Israel radicals.

American Jews and Israel supporters must dramatically step up resistance to the antisemitic, anti-Zionist and anti-American intifada on our streets. That means aggressive legal warfare, stricter law enforcement, a louder voice in legacy and alternative media, and political pressure. It means outspoken outrage in the public square at attempts to rob us of our safety and freedom.

Please make the point when speaking with family, friends, colleagues—or in letters to the editor—those who remain silent are part of the problem. Jews, Jewish institutions and Israel supporters must rise up against the “Global Intifada” before it destroys not just the Jews and the Jewish state, but also American democratic values.

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Best regards
Jason Shvili, Contributing Editor
Facts and Logic About the Middle East (FLAME)

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