From fear to solidarity: Canada’s Jewish community and Palestine

http://springmag.ca/from-fear-to-solidarity-canadas-jewish-community-and-palestine
Date Written:  2021-06-22
Publisher:  Spring
Year Published:  2021
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX24387

For Jewish people who are already on edge, social media has created an echo chamber where their worst fears are affirmed and amplified by like-minded people. Suddenly, they’re seeing anti-Semitism everywhere. But it isn’t fear of rockets from Hamas that has got some people spooked. It’s the fact that Israel’s supporters were on the defensive against an unprecedented show of public support for the Palestinians, as well as a changing media landscape where critical opinions about Israel are now leaking through the cracks. Indeed, the traditional pro-Israel consensus that has long dominated the corporate media is now overwhelmingly being circumvented by new social media, where solidarity with Palestine is growing.

Subject Headings

• Jews in Canada