In 2025, Robert Spencer authored a provocative book called Antisemitism History & Myth¹. Reading the book is both enlightening and difficult. The former because Robert does not hold back the recurring pattern of antisemitism throughout history, and the latter because antisemitism never truly disappeared; it merely evolved over time and politics. Antisemitism has been masked as diplomacy, free speech, and everyone’s current favorite: anti-fascism, also known as anti-Zionism.

But antisemitism is rearing its head as another insidious trait: moral equivalency. The self-righteous condemnation of Israel and the victimhood of terrorist states are placed on the same moral footing. This is evident in the case of the new Pope, who has taken a pacifist approach to the Iran war, treating both sides as morally equivalent. This puts terrorist states like Iran and their proxies on the same level of righteousness as Israel and the US, while disregarding the 47 years of atrocities toward Iranians and neighboring countries, mostly Israel, carried out by their terror proxies, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. The Pope’s comments might be dismissed as irrelevant in the grand scheme of things; however, historically, the Vatican does not exactly hold the gold medal for moral equity, which lends to the hypocrisy and moral deficiency of its standing in a global commentary.

A few weeks ago, global outrage erupted after Cardinal Pizzabella was denied entry to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to celebrate Palm Sunday. Before any context or reason was given, Israel was already being labeled as anti-Christian or worse, a persecutor of Christians. Jonathan Feldstein of The Christian Post² shed light on the incident and exposed the biased and intentional omissions in the legacy media against Israel.

Even before Feldstein² wrote his harsh opinion about undisclosed truths dishonoring Israel, those of us familiar with the situation in Israel knew and understood that security concerns were the main reason. Although the security force might have managed the situation better, the fact remains that neither Jews nor Muslims were allowed to participate normally in Pesach or Ramadan at their respective holy sites due to security reasons. Additionally, a few days earlier, an Iranian missile nearly hit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which underscores the reality that security and safety concerns cannot be dismissed. Factors such as the lack of shelters nearby and the challenges faced by first responders in responding to emergencies like bombings in........

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