Military Operation Against Iranian Regime Fuels Wave of Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories, Calls for Mobilization

 https://www.adl.org/resources/article/military-operation-against-iranian-regime-fuels-wave-antisemitic-conspiracy

The ongoing U.S. and Israeli military operation against the Iranian regime triggered an immediate online surge of antisemitic, anti-Zionist and conspiratorial commentary that spanned the ideological spectrum. 

The ADL Center on Extremism (COE) recorded a rapid convergence of extremists, alleged anti-war activists and anti-Israel groups around a shared set of narratives, including that the strikes were launched for Israel’s benefit at the cost of American lives, that Jewish or Zionist actors exercise illegitimate control or power over U.S. foreign policy, and that the war was deliberately engineered as a distraction from the release of the Epstein files. This claim is being rapidly weaponized to advance antisemitic narratives linking supposed Jewish elites, child exploitation, and control of U.S. affairs. 

1. "Americans Dying for Israel" / The U.S. as Israel's Military Proxy

This is the most dominant and cross-ideological throughline monitored by COE since the military operation against the Iranian regime began on February 28. Actors spanning white nationalists, influencers, anti-war voices, and Islamist-aligned groups all converged on the same core message: that the strikes on Iran were conducted to serve Jewish or Israeli interests at the cost of American lives.