As @blbalthaser.bsky.social discusses in this review of Mark Mazower’s book On Antisemitism: “The greatest attack on Jews since the Holocaust took place not October 7 but in the late 1970s and early '80s” at the hands of the Argentine Junta, “backed by the U.S. and armed with weapons from Israel.”
Antisemitism’s AfterlivesEven as the concept is weaponized against Palestinians and critics of Israel, the far right has a growing antisemitic base.www.bostonreview.netJoel S.Fun fact: While Jews made up less than 1% of the population of Argentina, they comprised up to 12% of those disappeared during the Dirty War, due to the antisemitism of the right-wing junta and the association of Jews with leftism. More Jews were killed in the Argentine Dirty War than on 10/7/2023.