The media is so powerful in this moment. There is so much anti-Muslim sentiment happening in the United States right now that is being ignored. After October 7th, the direct comparisons to 9/11 were meant to evoke anti-Muslim sentiment and sense of nationalism that
Emphasizing antisemitism at this moment is a deliberate tactic used primarily by people who do not care about actual antisemitism to deflect from the mass murder the Israeli government is carrying out and intimidate people who otherwise might more openly oppose that mass murder.
that talk of antisemitism is scary and triggers our collected memory of generational trauma, but we have to be allies right now. Lives are in danger. The media does not care about antisemitism or preventing it. They care about setting two minority groups against each other.