New York Governor Kathy Hochul has argued that the war against the Iranian regime is making it harder to counter rising hatred toward Jews and Muslims. But this explanation avoids a far more fundamental and uncomfortable reality.
Antisemitism in the West is not a byproduct of Israel’s current war. It is the result of ideologies that have been allowed to take root inside Western societies for years—sometimes decades.
In the Muslim world, hostility toward Jews is not incidental. It is embedded from a young age through religious messaging, education, and social conditioning. When large populations carrying these beliefs are brought into Western countries without meaningful integration or confrontation of those views, the result is predictable: a surge in antisemitism.
This is not about all individuals, but about a pattern that policymakers have refused to address honestly.
