Israel Sees Holocaust Tropes in COVID Protests Fueling Antisemitism

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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Protesters against COVID-19 measures who liken themselves to Jews under Nazi persecution are stoking global anti-Semitism, the Israeli government said in a report marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Such Holocaust tropes have become “widespread” and, along with violent demonstrations linked to Israel’s May war in Gaza, were main factors behind physical or online attacks on Jews in Europe and North America last year, said the 152-page report by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry. Several U.S. and British politicians nL1N2U51L1 have in recent months …

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