No, "engendering" antisemitism is literally the same concept as "fueling" it. NO blame should ever be placed on Israel for any surge in antisemitism; the blame should always be placed squarely on the antisemites, full stop. One of the only ways I can think of to say what you're alluding to without being a bigot is to say something like "antisemites are using Israel as an excuse to publicly display shameless antisemitism in a way that is received as politically correct in this moment." That's it. There need be absolutely no suggestion of "fault" whatsoever in Israel's alleged "role" in surging antisemitism, because there is none. No one can blame Jews for antisemitism, period. Not even Jews. Under any circumstances. You can hate individuals, you can resent and criticize governments. You may not blame an entire people for the actions of one or even a sizable subset that you feel represents them. It's bigoted and discriminatory and disgusting and inexcusable. This is not a game of semantics.
Israel doesn't "portray" itself as anything other than a home for Jewish people if they are in danger around the world--and the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. I would argue significantly more that Israel "portrays" itself as a beacon of democracy, religious pluralism, LGBTQ+ inclusivity, and profound technological progress in a region that is generally shrouded in authoritarian, punitive theocracy. It's not perfect, nor is any place, but it is far more nuanced than just "the Jew place that oppresses Palestinians." And for the record, Israel also provides intelligence that keep Jews and everyone living in democracies around the world safe from terror. Just today, Israeli intelligence helped prevent terror attacks in Denmark that were targeting Jewish communities there. Israel keeps Jews in the diaspora safer, even Jews who take Israel for granted.
The notion that "in many people's minds, [Israel's actions are equated] with any Jew" is again, a testament to the unbridled, unprovoked and baseless hatred that people feel towards Jews, regardless of whether Israel does anything at all, or if it even existed. We are a hated group of people, and we always have been. Antisemites will use absolutely any fodder to validate whatever tenuous associations they have with some justification that we deserve to die or be persecuted. In that sense, I don't care whatsoever about my "consent" in how Israel seems to "portray" Jews. It's irrelevant (though to be clear, I love Israel wholeheartedly. I have the ability to love something and be critical of it at the same time. Regrettably that's not something many are capable of).
The very fact that you needed to "interpret" the "permanent ceasefire" is a large part of the problem. Let's say Israel laid down its weapons tomorrow, and Hamas, as they promised to repeat 10/7 "again and again and again" after referring to it as only a "rehearsal" during the last ceasefire a few weeks ago (which they violated) received bolstered support from Iran and began attacking Israel so severely that tens of thousands of Israelis began to die. Am I to understand that you are in support of this "ceasefire without a timeline" that would prevent them from responding?
I appreciate that you identify as a Zionist. But frankly, the sole reason most people are advocating for a ceasefire is that there aren't enough dead Jews in Israel. 1500+ dead in one day wasn't enough of a provocation for many of these sinister morons who believe that Israel should merely patiently wait for Hamas to recoup so they can fulfill their promise and their charter to annihilate all Jews everywhere once and for all.
Of course, people like Ilana didn't seem to mind when nearly 1 million people were killed, many civilians-- in America's war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq so that something like 9/11 wouldn't happen again on our soil. And the death count and magnitude of atrocities of 10/7 were not far from 9/11--some would argue they were even worse, since they included mass torture, gang rape and abductions. But that doesn't matter to the ceasefire crowd.
I truly think it's irrelevant whether Israel has the world's support or not. Of course, allies are important. But Israel has won many wars without any kind of support. Israel was condemned by the UN after the Holocaust for the trial of Nazi Adolph Eichmann, since it "disturbed global peace." No one is going to like it when Jews don't just sit down and let ourselves be killed. So we better just start enjoying their anger and discomfort that we aren't going anywhere anytime soon :) and that makes me very proud.
