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In reply to the discussion: FBI says anti-Jewish hate crimes across US hit record high in 2024 [View all]lapucelle
(21,132 posts)I don't know anyone who sees Netanyahu as the "leader of the Jews".
Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel and the leader of a right wing political party. He is a corrupt politician. He doesn't represent all Jewish people globally or hold single leadership position over Judaism as a religion or Jews as an ethnic group. He is not even a cleric.
The premise that Netanyahu is the "leader of the Jews" is as absurd on its face as saying Ali Khamenei is the "leader of the Muslims".
Anti-Semites used to at least make an effort of hiding behind the fig leaf of "I'm not an anti-Semite; I'm an anti-Zionist".
The FBI statistics on hate crimes in America show that anti-Semites are so emboldened that they are not even bothering with that charade anymore.