A new cover for Jew-hatred: Why the word 'antisemitism' is under attack - opinion

An opinion piece argues that the word 'antisemitism' is under a deliberate, funded attack to make Jew-hatred publicly acceptable again. It draws parallels to Edward Said's effect on 'Orientalist', cites incidents like Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes and the Heritage Foundation's defense, and warns that abuse of the accusation grants immunity to the guilty.

In this opinion piece, Dr. Omar Mohammed argues that the word 'antisemitism' is under a coordinated attack aimed at stripping it of its power to condemn Jew-hatred. He contends that this is not accidental but a 'funded project' with measurable returns, comparing it to the successful redefinition of 'Orientalist' by Edward Said. The article traces the term's history from Wilhelm Marr in 1879 to its post-Holocaust settlement, and claims that current actors—from white nationalists to parts of the activist Left—converge to recast the word as a smear. Mohammed cites specific incidents: a bipartisan House resolution condemning antisemitic content from two online personalities, Tucker Carlson's platforming of Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, and the Heritage Foundation's defense of Carlson, which led to resignations. He also references a study analyzing 679,000 antisemitic posts on X, and Ye's song 'Heil Hitler' drawing 10 million views. The piece argues that the campaign uses metapolitics, drawing on Gramsci and Foucault, and warns that abuse of the accusation grants immunity to the guilty, as with the communist charge in the 1950s.