IF THEY HAD A HABIT OF BLOWING THINGS UP, they wouldn’t face this problem:

BRITISH Jews are facing a wave of anti-Semitic attacks prompted by Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Synagogues have been daubed with graffiti, Jewish leaders have had hate-mail and ordinary people have been subjected to insults and vandalism.

But honestly, violent antisemitism (with Israel as a threadbare excuse) has been on the rise in Europe for years. And the authorities haven’t done enough about it because, it seems, they’re too afraid of the Muslims who seem to be behind these attacks and who do blow things up.

The incentive structure that this creates will likely come back to haunt them in a number of ways. But regardless, the virus of antisemitism seems to be spreading.

UPDATE: “Hey, kidnappers are people, too!”

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