Barbarians in Our Midst

“It is safe to say that the Muslims who have been spouting anti-Semitic hatred and propaganda on our streets in recent days were socialized in a culture whose values are irreconcilably at odds with ours—a parallel society that sees itself not as part of Western civilization but in opposition to it.”

Pro-Palestine rallies in major Western cities celebrating Hamas terrorists’ barbaric attack on Israeli civilians once more show that we live side by side with people who fundamentally reject our most basic values. Multiculturalists in Europe and elsewhere have been blind to this dangerous reality.

Imagine hearing about the brutal murder of hundreds of innocents, including small children, and then taking to the streets to express solidarity not with the massacred victims and their families but with the murderers’ cause or even the murderers themselves. Such callousness can only be explained by culture.

It is safe to say that the Muslims who have been spouting anti-Semitic hatred and propaganda on our streets in recent days were socialized in a culture whose values are irreconcilably at odds with ours—a parallel society that sees itself not as part of Western civilization but in opposition to it.

Multiculturalists urge tolerance toward other cultures. But tolerance is a two-way street. How much tolerance can we realistically expect from a group whose vision for a free Palestine involves expelling the Jews? While free speech should apply to everyone regardless of creed, such bigotry must not go unopposed.

It is telling that self-proclaimed anti-fascists and progressives have been reluctant to challenge pro-Palestinian protesters on their often explicit anti-Semitism. After all, some of the demonstrations featured Nazi symbols and people chanting “gas the Jews.” Part of the reason might be that such scenes fly in the face of multiculturalism.