Today, a man ran through Golders Green, a Jewish neighborhood in London, stabbing Jews outside a synagogue in broad daylight.
The UK PM called it "utterly appalling."
Here's what's actually appalling:
For two years, Western streets have hosted marches calling for the elimination of Israel. Universities have celebrated it. Politicians have legitimized it. The media has normalized it.
You don't get to spend two years mainstreaming the idea that Jews and their state have no right to exist and then act shocked when someone takes the message literally.
Words have consequences. "From the river to the sea" isn't poetry. "Globalize the intifada" isn't a metaphor.
When you spend years telling the world that Jewish presence in the Middle East or in Golders Green is a problem to be solved, don't be surprised when someone shows up with a knife to solve it.
The ideology and the blade are the same weapon. One just has a longer handle.
To be fair the first goal ever scored at Anfield was scored by Everton, the first game ever won at Anfield was won by Everton, the first title won at Anfield was won by Everton, the first ever Merseyside derby was won by Everton, etc.
I think itโs nice you finally have something