The Peace of Fields

The virulence and ubiquity of leftwing antizionism and antisemitism after the October 7 attacks on Israel stunned American Jews. Campuses, most spectacularly the Ivies, let loose mobs of Islamist sympathizers cheering for the thugs who had just gunned down hundreds of dancing young people and butchered whole families in their beds. They blamed the “occupiers” as colonialist imperialists, demanded the end of Israel, and denounced America’s complicity. The establishment press meanwhile referred to the terrorists as “militants,” even as video footage of the slaughter went viral through social media around the globe. The satanic butchers heard laughing in the background were being applauded by cheerleaders across the United States, which jihadists contemptuously called “Big Satan.” Nazi-style graffiti, threats against synagogues, attacks on yeshiva students, all contributed to an unprecedented sense of insecurity among Jews throughout the country. Months later, it continues.