Left Response to Antisemitism Should be to Call for BDS

Image by Nikolas Gannon.

There’s been much debate on the left around the world about how best to respond to what appears to be rising antisemitism. What, if anything, is the best response? Some argue, mostly correctly, that raising the subject amidst Israel’s genocide in Gaza, bombing many of its neighbours etc. is an attempt to deflect attention away from that country’s crimes.

However, in so far as there has been a rise in one form of racism, let me suggest a ‘left’ solution: