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Antisemitism used to arrive with torches. Now it arrives with faculty statements, student resolutions, encampment committees, DEI language, and the phrase, “I’m not antisemitic, I’m just antizionist.” Look at the news. Australia is holding a royal commission into antisemitism, and the testimony from universities sounds painfully familiar. Jewish students reported fear, harassment, and hostility during anti-Israel encampments. Administrators admitted they were slow to respond. One university was questioned over its handling of an alleged Nazi salute incident. Another had to bring in police as protest tensions escalated. When Jews say they feel unsafe, too many institutions suddenly discover caution. Not urgency. Not courage. Caution. In the United States, the ADL’s 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card shows some schools are finally improving policies and enforcement. That matters. Progress matters. But the same report also says Jewish students still face persistent anti-Jewish hostility and exposure to antisemitic behavior. So yes, the alarm system may be improving. The building is still burning. The ADL also reported that incidents dropped from their post-October 7 peak, but 2025 was still the third-highest year on record for antisemitic incidents since it began tracking them in 1979. Let that sink in. Not 1939. Not 1948. Not some grainy black-and-white nightmare from a history documentary. 2025. In the United Kingdom, the Community Security Trust reported thousands of antisemitic incidents in 2025, including many where antizionist language was part of the abuse. That is not a coincidence. That is the method. They say “Zionist” when they mean “Jew.” They say “resistance” when they mean harassment. They say “liberation” while calling for the elimination of the only Jewish state on Earth. They say “globalize the intifada” and then act offended when Jews hear violence in the sentence. This is not complicated. Criticizing Israel’s government is not antisemitic. Israelis do it every day, often louder than anyone else. Criticizing policy is normal. Demonizing Jewish self-determination is not. Debating borders is normal. Claiming the Jewish state has no right to exist is not. Demanding accountability from Israel is normal. Holding Jews everywhere responsible for Israel is not. When the only nation on Earth whose existence is treated as inherently illegitimate is the Jewish one, we are not having a foreign policy discussion. We are watching the oldest hatred change uniforms. And this is no longer confined to campus theater. The slogans are moving into institutions, professional associations, city councils, school boards, unions, and political campaigns. Bad ideas do not stay on cardboard signs. First they shout. Then they organize. Then they demand power. The lesson is not that every person waving a Palestinian flag is an antisemite. That would be lazy and false. The lesson is that antisemites have found a comfortable home inside the anti-Israel movement, and too many “justice” activists pretend not to notice the furniture they brought with them. Jews know this pattern. We have seen Jew-hatred wear many costumes. Religious hate. Racial hate. Economic conspiracy. Cultural resentment. Now political virtue. Same hatred. Different costume. The moral test is simple. Can you support Palestinians without erasing Jewish history? Can you criticize Israel without denying Jewish peoplehood? Can you call for peace without excusing Hamas? Can you oppose suffering in Gaza without blaming random Jews in London, Sydney, New York, or Los Angeles? Can you say the word “Jew” without needing to replace it with “Zionist” when the mask slips? Because if your movement requires Jews to disappear, be silent, assimilate, apologize, or surrender sovereignty, it is not a liberation movement. It is a rebrand. And Jews are done pretending we don’t recognize the product. Sources in comments: