Dear Fester,

You are absolutely right: Hatred is our enemy, not people.

"Every vicious thought will rebound, every thought of hatred which you have thought, in a cave even, is stored up, and will one day come back to you with tremendous power in the form of some misery here. If you project hatred and jealousy, they will rebound on you with compound interest. No power can avert them; when once you have put them in motion you will have to bear them. Remembering this will prevent you from doing wicked things." - Swami Vivekananda

Metaphysically speaking, every tragedy is entirely self inflicted, whether or not we can see the links.
No, it would not be appropriate to feel empathy with "neo Nazis in Romper Stomper", yet it is appropriate to feel compassion for them once they suffer the inevitable retribution. Compassion for the people, not empathy with their hatred.

Dear Yuyutsu,

That is a wonderful quote from Swami Vivekananda. We all have numerous opportunities for hatred, but how much better to decline them. With my heritage I think I could be at war with everyone.

I note in your comments a strong dislike of Netanyahu for your belief (as far as I can tell) that he is motivated by hatred. You also seem dismissive of antisemitism as a foundation of hatred against Israel. That was the purpose of the Romper Stomper analogy. The Gaza conflict would end immediately were Hamas to surrender and release the hostages. This will never happen unless they abandon their hatred of Israel and Jews.

Dear Fester,

«I note in your comments a strong dislike of Netanyahu for your belief (as far as I can tell) that he is motivated by hatred.»

No, I do not believe that Netanyahu is motivated by hatred: some in his government are, but not him personally. I believe that he rather acts from selfishness and fear, especially of going to prison for his mid-severity corruption/bribe crimes, that he then committed far more serious crimes, including of starting and continuing this war, in order to cover the original crimes and save his skin. What he said about Albanese, is a perfect description of himself:
- a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews (and all other Jews everywhere).

«You also seem dismissive of antisemitism as a foundation of hatred against Israel.»

Correct.

Arabs in the land of Israel lived for centuries alongside orthodox Jews.
They didn't treat them nicely, but then they didn't treat anyone nicely, including each other.
Essentially the way of life of Muslim Arabs and old-school orthodox Jews was quite similar, so these Jews were tolerated.

What changed the equation is the Zionist immigration of modern, liberal, secular Jews from Europe in the early 20th century: the Muslim Muftis were startled by their modernism, not their Judaism, and feared that they might emancipate their women from the absolute rule of men.
I believe that to be the true reason of Arab anti-Semitism.

Leftist anti-Semitism, on the other hand, is mostly due to frustration with conservative Christianity, just because Jews are a softer target and also because Christianity was technically derived from the Jewish Bible. The more fundamentalist Christians scream against the ill-treatment of Jews, the more the Left finds it an opportunity to make them scream.

«The Gaza conflict would end immediately were Hamas to surrender and release the hostages. This will never happen unless they abandon their hatred of Israel and Jews.»

The Gaza conflict feeds the hatred of Israel and Jews.
As Hamas terrorists lose their lives, more "Palestinians" and Muslims join the circle of hatred: Hamas considers it a good bargain.