Lapid sparks debate after reframing antisemitism in conference address

Netanyahu attacks foreign minister after he compared antisemitism to other racial and political hatreds and said it was ‘the family name of hate’

Lapid has started a vital antisemitism debate in Israel; let’s continue it (Haaretz)
The foreign minister’s speech last week, in which he placed Jew-hatred in the wider context of other forms of abuse, is a welcome move away from Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to redefine antisemitism along party lines

Netanyahu accuses Lapid of ‘minimising’ concept of antisemitism (Jerusalem Post)
The foreign minister on Wednesday compared antisemitism to other racial and political hatreds and said that antisemitism was ‘the family name of hate’

Lapid in hot water for 'minimising' concept of antisemitism (Israel Hayom)
In recent speech, foreign minister says slave traders, Muslim fanatics, and perpetrators of attacks against the LGBTQ community are also 'antisemites.'

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Jerusalem conference debates rise of 'new form' of antisemitism (Ynet)
Speakers at the international conference warn the new anti-Semitism appears to disguise itself as anti-Zionism, while anti-Semitic incidents spike 75% in the U.S. and 591% in the UK following the 11-day war in Gaza, partly with the help of social media