“The post itself listed the six “Oldest languages still in use” – Greek, Chinese, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and Tamil.”

“many of the comments took exception to the absence of Arabic”

“I was reminded of an opinion piece by Brendan O’Neill in the UK’s Jewish News in December 2015 under the title “The wretched reason why Israel became Europe’s whipping boy,” in which he concluded: “Plucky, keen to protect its sovereignty, considering itself an outpost of liberalism… Israel is a painful reminder to today’s morally anchorless European thinkers and agitators of what their nations once were. They hate Israel because they hate themselves. “Israel has become the whipping boy of guilt-ridden Western liberals who’ve given up on the very idea of the West.””

“Jonathan Sacerdoti pertinently noted in The Spectator: “Over the last couple of years, there have been around 20 documented cases of arson or firebombing attacks targeting synagogues across the world, from North Africa to Europe, North America and Australia. A synagogue in London is simply the latest in what has become a global pattern. “But this is not only about Jews. In the same period, churches have also been targeted. Across Europe, 94 church arson attacks were reported in 2024, nearly double the previous year. That amounts to almost two churches every week.””