Democrats’ Turn to Condemn Antisemitism on Their Side

The polls indicating that the vast majority of Americans support Israel in its war against Hamas are cold comfort. It’s hard to take solace in the sanity of the majority when American streets are alive with disruptive, menacing, often violent demonstrations by the Hamas-supporting minority.

“Long live intifada,” chanted the demonstrators who marched through the streets of Manhattan on Monday night. “There is only one solution,” they droned ominously as they filed past the lighted windows of New York City’s residential walkups, through which citizens of America’s most Jewish city peered with a sense of foreboding. The New York Times describes a scene of mutual hostility and a sense of apprehension amid “antisemitic and anti-Islamic attacks” in the city, but the over 100 arrests of the roughly 1,000 pro-Hamas demonstrators betray the lopsidedness of the current threat.

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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The polls indicating that the vast majority of Americans support Israel in its war against Hamas are cold comfort. It’s hard to take solace in the sanity of the majority when American streets are alive with disruptive, menacing, often violent demonstrations by the Hamas-supporting minority.

“Long live intifada,” chanted the demonstrators who marched through the streets of Manhattan on Monday night. “There is only one solution,” they droned ominously as they filed past the lighted windows of New York City’s residential walkups, through which citizens of America’s most Jewish city peered with a sense of foreboding. The New York Times describes a scene of mutual hostility and a sense of apprehension amid “antisemitic and anti-Islamic attacks” in the city, but the over 100 arrests of the roughly 1,000 pro-Hamas demonstrators betray the lopsidedness of the current threat.

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.