The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution condemning as antisemitic the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a Palestinian rallying cry. The chamber voted 377-44-1 on the mea…
First of all, antisemitism has always been exclusively about hatred against Jews. It does not mean anything else and never has, regardless of the fact that there are other Semitic people.
Secondly, there was a systematic campaign of extermination against Jews and the hatred of Jews is a core part of Nazi ideology. There was none against Arabs, despite the fact that other minorities, including some Arabs, were also persecuted and killed when convenient. Nazis were extremely racist against lots of people, but this does not compare to their hatred of Jews.
Even in your example, the Egyptians were attacked by random Nazis, because they thought they were Jews.
This is completely false.
First of all, antisemitism has always been exclusively about hatred against Jews. It does not mean anything else and never has, regardless of the fact that there are other Semitic people.
Secondly, there was a systematic campaign of extermination against Jews and the hatred of Jews is a core part of Nazi ideology. There was none against Arabs, despite the fact that other minorities, including some Arabs, were also persecuted and killed when convenient. Nazis were extremely racist against lots of people, but this does not compare to their hatred of Jews.
Even in your example, the Egyptians were attacked by random Nazis, because they thought they were Jews.