‘Track them down’: Fury over campaign to hunt down Israeli soldiers holidaying in NZ

I don't think things are that black & white. I watched a documentary called Israelism a while ago which is focussed on the experience of young American Jews but I wouldn't be surprised if there is at least some similar experience in New Zealand as well.

So I do think its entirely possible that there are Jewish children in NZ who have been having a tough time, and are very scared. Its pretty clear and understandable that the trauma of the Holocaust would echo down and continue to be felt even now generations later. At least from the documentary's perspective some of that feeling is generated by what you could call deliberate indoctrination, but there has and continues to be actual anti-semites and neo-nazis in New Zealand who have committed anti-semitic acts.

We shouldn't ignore incidents of anti-semitism in NZ when that's what it is, but that requires nuance and the open discussion of all the contexts. I think its pretty important that we allow for a differentiation between anti-zionism or even anti-israeli arguments and anti-semitism and agreement that those aren't all the same thing.

Of course to flip all of that a little bit, empathy towards the generational trauma Palestinians are suffering is necessary too.