Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the network is filled with antisemitic posts, videos and posters.
Since the beginning of the fighting in Ukraine, the digital media has been fertile ground for sharing antisemitic and conspiratorial content against the Jewish people and Israel.
Most of the content comes from the Russian side, which has greater access to the Internet, with an emphasis on Russia's leading social network - VK.
Representatives of the Department of Combating Anti-Semitism and Community Resilience at the World Zionist Organization have identified significant social media activity that includes statements that Israel benefits from the war because of economic interests or the desire to kill the "white man," posters reminiscent of Zionist elders Great, and also a protest song by a Russian band that claims that the treatment of Russians around the world is equal to the treatment suffered by the Jews during the Holocaust.
Distributed antisemitic post, Photo: Courtesy of the Anti-Semitism Movement
"As in any international confrontation, this time too there are those who take advantage of the situation to blame the Jews for the situation, and this exists on both sides of the barricade. The fact that the President of Ukraine is Jewish only intensifies the conspiracies we have known since My community in the World Zionist Organization, "Anti-Semitism is not only expressed in violence and corruption, but is also behind beautiful words, in posts on social networks and in various speeches by influencers."
"It penetrates deep into the language and penetrates the public space, sometimes not felt until it is too late. We must continue to fight all manifestations of anti-Semitism in the political or digital arena, and remember that in the digital arena everyone has the power to report, influence discourse and eradicate anti-Semitism." Concluded.
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