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Antisemitism still surging, don’t forget Taiwan and other commentary

Conservative: Antisemitism Still Surging

The post-Oct. 7, 2023, flare-up in antisemitism “seemed primed” to fade as Hamas’ attacks fell “further in the rearview mirror,” but the hate-spike is “acting funny,” warns Commentary’s Seth Mandel. A definitive Tel Aviv University report finds more Jews were killed worldwide in 2025 than in any year in more than three decades; three years after Oct. 7, “violent anti-Semitism is still rising across parts of the West”; to “be Jewish in some parts of the world now is to feel more like a target than ever.” Time to “stop pretending” that “constant vilification” of Israel has no “dangerous consequences” for Jews. Who knows “if the surge will taper off any time soon”? Antisemitism “continues to defy predictions in the worst way possible.”

Defense beat: Don’t Forget Taiwan

“The conflict in Iran should be a reminder of, not a cause to divert attention from, U.S. interests in the West Pacific,” argues Seth Cropsey at The Hill. “America’s war in the Middle East demonstrates the necessity of allies to American strategy.” Notice: “The U.S. imported more goods last year from Taiwan than from China, while the U.S. for the first time in a quarter-century became Taiwan’s largest export partner,” even as Taiwan fosters “massive growth of the semiconductor ecosystem in the U.S.” Sustaining the US-Taiwan “partnership requires accelerating military transfers and improving defense-industrial and operational links.” The........

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