My dear friends in England, while we in Israel experience direct rocket attacks from our visible enemies, you unfortunately live among unseen enemies who only venture out from beneath their ‘rocks’ when called to action by a Facebook post written by an officially elected member of Parliament, with a history of open support for the enemies of England. These brave keyboard warriors invoke centuries old anti Jewish tropes and conspiracy theories based on a very dangerous and misleading statement from a politician who has very deep and personal connections to so many proscribed terrorist groups.

I’m writing because you might not realize the kind of air you’re breathing. Not the London air, which already tastes like bus exhaust and regret. I mean the online air. The comment-section fog. The place where a blue tick posts a few righteous words and, within minutes, somebody’s uncle in a leather jacket profile photo starts connecting “Israel,” “the government,” and “the Rothschilds” like he’s doing a children’s dot-to-dot puzzle.

You’ve probably seen the original spark. A short post, sharp enough to cut bread. “Massacre.” “War crimes.” “Complicit.” Big courtroom words thrown like bricks. No slow walk through evidence, no “if true,” no “alleged,” no “pending investigation.” Just the vibe of a verdict, delivered by someone who knows that online, the difference between a legal finding and a political accusation is about the same as the difference between a locked door and a “Please keep shut” sign.

And it works. That’s the annoying part. It’s simple and punchy. It repeats the word “troubled” like a comedian doing stand up. It sets up a neat hypocrisy trap, ‘if your Foreign Secretary says she’s “deeply troubled” but the........

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