(Jewish Group) The anti-Zelensky coalition brings together a kaleidoscope of ideologies

[Behind the Aegis]

With the Kremlin now seemingly guilty of war crimes after the reports of civilian killings in Bucha, radical ideologues of different complexions continue to band against Ukraine’s defiant and courageous president Volodymyr Zelensky.

This anti-Zelensky coalition is brought together by a myriad of factors – one being his Jewish identity. Antisemitism is the “one ring of racism” that brings together hard-left, hard-right and Islamist ideologues – and that dynamic has again come to the surface during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has denounced Zelensky as “disgusting, corrupt and faithless”. Sharing conspiratorial beliefs over Jews having a disproportionately high level of influence in international politics, antisemites of various ideological shades have instinctively sided with the Kremlin over its military invasion of a neighbouring, sovereign nation-state led by a Jewish politician. Indeed, the Kremlin’s campaign to “de-Nazify” Ukraine has been welcomed with open arms by anti-Jewish ideologues.

The cross-ideological anti-Zelensky coalition is also defined by its anti-West and anti-democracy characteristics. Zelensky has expressed his desire to lead Ukraine’s integration into the western world’s political and security architecture – primarily through European Union (EU) accession. Looking to free Ukraine from the Kremlin’s gravitational pull, in favour of integrating his country into post-Cold War western political-security order, Zelensky has antagonised the hard-left, hard-right and Islamist ideologues who side with foreign regimes that challenge western alliances.

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1. There are several causes that unite the far right with the far left.

Antisemitsm is one of them.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Very true.

A few years back, there was someone who used to post videos of a British troupe of student actors who did diversity skits. Some were quite on point, but when it came to race, they always singled out Jews. In one video, they even had a "pyramid of privilege" with certain groups at various stages. And the capstone? White people? NOPE! JEWS! That's right, the "most" privileged people in the UK are Jews! There was also a "test" here a few years back, as well, that was posted in the Lounge to determine privilege. Privilege was determined by adding or subtracting points based on personal characteristics. If you were white, "+25", if Black, "-100" and so on. When it came to religion, do you think Christianity was the "most privileged"? NOPE! JEWS! If you were Jewish you scored a "+25" and if Chrisitan, it was "+5". While this was not a sanctioned study, it was what one expects when it comes to conversations about privilege and Jews.