The old adage “a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes” was conjured in a time before social media. Today, the lie can travel multiple times around the globe, reaching billions of people before the truth even remembers it is bare-footed.

Antisemitism is no longer confined to the fringes. It is resurgent, adaptive, and increasingly mainstream, manifesting differently on the political right and left, yet converging in ways that place Jewish communities and the State of Israel under sustained pressure.

At the same time, a parallel struggle is unfolding: a battle for public opinion in the United States, where support for Israel, once a bipartisan cornerstone, is eroding at an unprecedented pace.

The numbers are stark. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 60% of Americans now hold an unfavorable view of Israel, compared to just 37% with a favorable view, a dramatic reversal from just a few years ago. Even more telling is where this shift is happening, with majorities of Americans under 50, across both political parties, now viewing Israel negatively.

This is not a marginal fluctuation. It is a generational realignment, and it is not occurring in a vacuum.

On the far-Right, antisemitism remains rooted in traditional tropes, like conspiracy theories about Jewish........

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