An Open Letter to the World

An Open Letter to the World: Why Do You Still Blame the Jews?

Dear World,

There comes a time when silence is no longer an option. This is one of those times.

We, the Jewish people, have walked this earth for over 3,000 years. Our journey has been one of resilience, hope, innovation—and unimaginable suffering. We have carried light in the darkest of times, built when others destroyed, and contributed when others conspired to erase us. And yet, we are still here, asking the same question we’ve asked for centuries: Why us?

Why are the Jewish people still singled out?

From Pharaoh to the Pogroms, from the Inquisition to the Holocaust, we have been hunted and hated. Six million of our people were exterminated in the Holocaust one third of our entire global population at the time. Babies. Mothers. Scholars. Elders. Gone. Murdered in cold blood simply for being Jews. The world watched. Many turned away. And still, after the camps were liberated and the numbers tattooed on our arms remained, the hatred did not die.

After 2,000 years of exile, after persecution on every continent, we returned home, to Israel. A miracle, yes. But also our right. We did not “steal” land, we restored it. The same way a person who has been locked out of their house reclaims the keys to their own front door.

But even here, even in our tiny sliver of land in the vast Middle East, we are denied the right to exist. We are blamed for defending ourselves. When Jews are murdered on the streets of Tel Aviv, in kibbutzim, in synagogues, the world whispers. When we strike back to defend our children, the world screams.

Let me ask you this:
What other country is vilified for trying to survive?

No one demands the dismantling of Iran, despite its brutal oppression and state-sponsored terror. No one calls for boycotts of Russia or China for their atrocities. Yet Israel just 77 years young, surrounded by enemies, faces double standards and boycotts, UN resolutions and academic exclusions.

The Jewish people make up just 0.2% of the global population. And yet:

• We have given the world Albert Einstein, Jonas Salk, Sigmund Freud, and Niels Bohr.
• We created revolutionary technologies like the Intel chip, Waze, and Mobileye.
• We lead the world in medical innovation, water recycling, and cybersecurity.
• We have offered humanitarian aid to over 140 countries, regardless of religion or race including our enemies.

How can a people so small, contribute so much and yet be hated so deeply?

Why is Israel the only country with a dedicated UN agency for its refugees (UNRWA), while 100 million other refugees around the world are simply absorbed or forgotten? Why is Israel accused of apartheid when Arab Israelis vote, serve in the Knesset, run hospitals, and serve as judges, even sentencing former Jewish presidents and prime ministers?

Why are Jews around the world attacked when Israel defends itself?

We are tired. Tired of being victim-blamed. Tired of being told how to grieve, how to mourn, how to survive. Tired of the world crying for every injustice except ours.

Make no mistake: we are not asking for pity. We are asking for fairness.

We are asking you to look in the mirror and recognize the age-old disease that still lingers beneath your skin. Antisemitism has simply changed its costume; from the cross to the keffiyeh, from gas chambers to hashtags. But the intent is the same: erase the Jew.

You can say you’re not antisemitic, just “anti-Zionist.” But if you deny the Jewish people their only homeland while defending 56 Islamic states or over 100 Christian-majority ones you are not a human rights activist. You are a hypocrite.

To the world: we see your silence. We hear your lies. We feel your betrayal.

But know this: we will not disappear. We have been through Babylon, Rome, Auschwitz, and Hamas. We have survived inquisitions, ghettos, and gas chambers. And we will survive your headlines, your hashtags, and your hate.

Israel lives.
The Jewish people live.
Am Yisrael Chai.

Sincerely,
A Child of the Nation You Couldn’t Destroy