Stéfanie Stergiotis

BREAKING: Hezbollah head Nasrallah said Israel crossed all the red lines and that this is a declaration of war. If pagers are a declaration of war, what were the 8,000 lethal rockets you launched at Israeli civilians?

What emerged from yesterday’s elections in France is how much Jews are an afterthought. After speaking with French Jews, they explained to me how they feel unrecognized and unconsidered. Since October 7th, antisemitic acts have increased by 1000%, driven by the desire to avenge Palestine. La France Insoumise is considered antisemitic by 92% of French Jews and is partly responsible for the increase in antisemitism in France. But that didn’t stop them from being elected. For months, Jews have been warning about this danger, but no one listened. For months, they have been denouncing this importation of the conflict caused by petty and violent electoral strategies, but no one listened. The far left based its campaign on Palestine, defending Hamas, suggesting dual loyalty of Jews to Israel, erasing the seriousness and rise of antisemitic acts in recent months. What emerged from my conversations with my French friends is this feeling of being made invisible and being a bother. Jews are bothersome. We are bothersome with our problems that only concern us. When we are targeted because of our Jewish identity, in a way, it reassures others because it won’t happen to them. As non-Jews, they are not in danger. The thing is, they don’t want to feel guilty voting for an antisemitic party, so it’s better to gaslight our concerns, to tell us that we are exaggerating and being paranoid. When Jews and their problems are made invisible, the world is beautiful: there is less violence and less hatred. When antisemitic statements by elected officials are no longer considered, they are almost good people, fit to rule. It is good to remember, however, that hatred of Jews rarely stops with Jews. There are not very many of us. When Islamists, in power thanks to this alliance with the left, are done targeting Jews, they will move on to the LGBTQ+ community, Christians, intellectual… Exactly like in Iran before the 1979 revolution. How did the country shift? Because of an alliance between radical Islam and the intellectual left. And guess who was imprisoned first when Khomeini came to power in 1979? The leftist intellectuals who had just supported him. Let’s see what happens in France in the future. In the meantime, all my love and support to the French Jewish community. You are not alone. And you can always come home 🇮🇱