re: #24 CuriousLurker

Yes, THIS as well. I meant to mention it and then forgot, so I’m glad you did.

The Muslim-Christian, East-West hostility goes back nearly 1000 years, and is based on a massive clash the likes of which I don’t think there’s anything comparable between Jews & the West since, from approximately the time of the fall of the Second Temple until very recently, you haven’t had a nation outside of your own hearts. As different as you guys were (and still are) perceived to be, there isn’t that history of epic “clash of civilizations” type animosity (that’s not to say that Jews were made out to be an existential threat in other ways).

It’s a different kind of conflict, entirely, at least.