While Tucker Carlson and Candice Owens proudly trumpet the “crimes” of Israel, and as the rise of the New Anti-Semitism reaches a crescendo among both Left and Right in American media, the last thing Jews around the world need is a public relations catastrophe.

Anti-Israeli propaganda was once the parlance of fringe political groups, Arab angst, and Old-World European notions. It has now moved mainstream into the journalistic universe and, in many sectors, is now considered a legitimate position.

Ben Gvir’s extreme positions, and his wily use of social media do not seem to be the right medicine to cure it.

Posting videos of Palestinian prisoners in distress and his howling for the extension of the death penalty, are gladly welcomed by the rabid anti-Jewish trolls and foreign media outlets like hungry piranhas.

It would be one thing if Ben Gvir was an Op Ed columnist looking for clicks on his article.  It........

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