What is the world's oldest hatred? - by Sam Kriss

According to almost everyone, the oldest hatred in the world is antisemitism. If you Google the words ‘world’s oldest hatred,’ you’ll get links to a PBS documentary about antisemitism, a course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about antisemitism, a book by John Mann MP—now Lord Mann—about antisemitism, an event last year at JW3 about ‘Israelophobia: The Newest Mutation of the Oldest Hatred,’ a lecture by the late Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks about antisemitism, and a seminar hosted by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom about antisemitism. There is absolutely nothing on the first few pages about anything else. This month, the President of the United States gave a speech about antisemitism, which he described as ‘the world’s oldest form of prejudice and hate’ and an ‘ancient hatred for Jews.’ The current war in the Middle East, he said, is a product of that ancient hatred, an ‘ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people’ lying ‘deep in the hearts’ of the people o

According to almost everyone, the oldest hatred in the world is antisemitism. If you Google the words ‘world’s oldest hatred,’ you’ll get links to a PBS documentary about antisemitism, a course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about antisemitism, a book by John Mann MP—now Lord Mann—about antisemitism, an event last year at JW3 about ‘Israelophobia: The Newest Mutation of the Oldest Hatred,’ a lecture by the late Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks about antisemitism, and a seminar hosted by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom about antisemitism. There is absolutely nothing on