My Best Enemy

Julio Levit Koldorf
Dec 1, 2025
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— JNS

In the article, Dr. Julio Levit Koldorf argues that the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is driven less by territory than by a symbolic choice: the Palestinian movement’s decision to cast Jews as the ideal enemy, a role the world readily accepts because Jews function as a “safe repository” for blame. This dynamic fuels global selective outrage—intense moral mobilization when Jews are involved, indifference when far greater atrocities occur elsewhere. The author concludes that the true danger is an ideology that weaponizes victimhood and sanctifies annihilation, while the world’s fixation on Jews blinds it to broader moral catastrophes.

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