Antisemitism: The Great Mis-definition

Abstract

The term antisemitism is widely understood today as prejudice or hostility toward Jews. This definition, institutionalized by bodies such as the IHRA, is not merely narrow—it is historically and doctrinally inaccurate. This paper restores the true meaning of Semitic as referring to all descendants of Shem, the first son of Noah. It exposes the deliberate narrowing of the term to serve racial, political, and theological agendas. Through genealogical reconstruction and mythic synthesis, I reveal that antisemitism is, in truth, anti-Shemitism—opposition to the priestly lineage of Shem and the universal prophetic arc that emerged from his descendants. This article also exposes religious and political hypocrasies being played out in modern theatres of war.

Common Definition of Antisemitism

The most widely adopted definition comes from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA):

“Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”

This definition is used by:

• The U.S. State Department and many Western governments
  
• Universities and advocacy groups (e.g., Harvard recently adopted it amid legal pressure)
  
• International organizations combating hate speech and Holocaust denial
  

The Etymological Foundation: Shem as Melchizedek

Shem, son of Noah, is more than a biblical ancestor—he is the builder of Jerusalem and the figure known in sacred tradition as Melchizedek, the archetypal high priest and educator. His name, Shem, means “name” or “renown,” and his legacy is the spiritual DNA of humanity’s educators and Manifestations.

To oppose Shem is to oppose the lineage of divine instruction itself. “Antisemitism,” is actually “anti-Shemitism,” which pertains to hatred, persecution, and opposition towards any people descended from the diverse lineages tracing roots to Shem. “Antisemitism” is not a racial slur—it is a doctrinal rebellion.

Shem was the son of Noah, and Abraham was the ninth-generation grandson of Shem. After the slaughter of the King (Genesis 14:1-17), Shem educated Abraham for nearly 40 years, but their lifespans overlapped by 150 years.

The father-to-son line was as such:

Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abraham

Abraham: The Root and Seed of Three Prophetic Lines

Abraham, Shem’s 9th great-grandson, fathered three distinct lineages through three wives, and from these Abrahamic lines appeared all of the founders of the world’s great religions:

• Sarah → Isaac → Jacob/Israel → Judah, Levi, Dan → David
  Manifestations: Moses, Jesus, Baháʼu’lláh
  
• Hagar → Ishmael
  Manifestations: Muhammad, the Báb
  
• Keturah → Midian and Ishbak → Cyrus
  Manifestations: Zoroaster, Krishna, Buddha
  

Thus, Abraham was indeed the “Father of a Multitude,” becoming the most prolific seed in history.

These lines did not remain isolated. They converged through sacred unions.

The Twin Daughters of Yazdegerd III: Prophetic Fusion

At the fall of the Sassanid Empire, the last Persian king, Yazdegerd III, had twin daughters—Shahrbanu and Dara—whose divinely orchestrated marriages sealed the convergence of Israeli, Arabic and Persian lineages.

• Shahrbanu married Imam Husayn, grandson of Muhammad and descendant of Hagar through Ishmael. This union merged the Ishmaelite–Muhammadan line with the Persian Keturah–Zoroastrian lineage.
  From this sacred convergence descended the Báb, herald of the Promised One.
  
• Dara was wed to Bostanai, the Davidic Exilarch in Babylonian exile. This marriage united the Sarah–Isaac–Davidic line with Persian royal blood of Keturah–Midian–Zoroaster.
  From this lineage emerged Baháʼu’lláh, the Manifestation of God for this age.
  

These unions were not political—they were prophetic fulfillments. They bridged the dispersed branches of Abraham’s family tree, restoring unity across the covenantal lines of Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah. In their fusion, the mythic promise of reconciliation and divine succession was fulfilled.

The Hijacking of “Antisemitism”: A Historical Exposé

Wilhelm Marr and the Birth of a Weaponized Term

In 1879, German agitator Wilhelm Marr coined the term antisemitism to mask racial hatred under pseudo-academic respectability. Though “Semitic” referred to a broad linguistic family—including Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and Amharic—Marr applied it exclusively to Jews (meaning the Israelis).

“Judenhass” (Jew Hate) became “antisemitism,” (Opposition to Semites ‘narrowed in application to Jews only), and a universal lineage was reduced to a racial slur.

Institutional Narrowing and Political Motives

• 19th Century Racial Science: Marr and OTHERS (who laid the intellectual groundwork for racial antisemitism) racialized Jewish identity, separating it from religion and embedding it in biology.
  
• Euro-Christian Supremacism: a church doctrine which exploited the rejection of Christ by first-century Jewish leaders, to justify hatred and prejudice of, and stigmatize the Jewish people.
  
• Zionist Politics: Post-Holocaust discourse equated antisemitism with anti-Zionism, politicizing the term.
  
• IHRA Definition: Formalized the narrow scope, excluding Arabs, Persians, and other Shemitic peoples.
  

The “Others” in 19th-Century Racial Science

• Arthur de Gobineau: French aristocrat who wrote Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (1853–1855). He argued that race determined culture and that the “Aryan race” was superior. His ideas laid groundwork for later racial hierarchies.
  
• Houston Stewart Chamberlain: British-German writer who expanded Gobineau’s ideas and claimed that Germans were the true heirs of the Aryan race. He saw Jews as a threat to racial purity and national strength.
  
• Paul de Lagarde & Julius Langbehn: German thinkers who infused racial theory with nationalist and anti-Jewish sentiment. They helped popularize the idea that Jews were biologically alien to German society.
  
• Ernst Haeckel: A biologist who promoted Darwinism but also racial typologies. Though not overtly anti-Jewish, his work contributed to the pseudoscientific racial classification systems.
  

Hitler and the Nazis: The Later Weaponizers

The Nazis didn’t invent racial antisemitism—they radicalized it. By the 1930s, they fused pseudoscience, eugenics, and nationalist myth into a genocidal ideology. Marr’s ideas were foundational, but the Nazis industrialized them. So above, when I referred to “Marr and others,” I’m pointing to a network of 19th-century European thinkers who laid the intellectual groundwork for the new, twisted antisemitism. The Nazis were the catastrophic culmination, not the origin.

Consequences of Misdefining Antisemitism

• Erasure of Lineage: Arabs, Indians, Persians, and Ethiopians—all the other Semitic people—are excluded.
  
• Doctrinal Confusion: The unity of Abraham’s lines is fractured.
  
• Weaponized Language: The term is used to silence dissent rather than educate (more on this below).

Selective Outrage: The Weaponization of Antisemitism in Modern Politics

In recent years, the term antisemitism has been increasingly politicized—invoked less as a universal moral principle and more as a strategic instrument to suppress dissent and shield partisan agendas. Nowhere is this currently more evident than in the policies and rhetoric of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump’s Narrow Framing of Antisemitism

Trump has repeatedly equated antisemitism with criticism of Israel and has also used it to attack the Democratic Party, stating:

“Any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat… shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” — August 20, 2019

He has also claimed:

“Jewish Democrats hate their religion… they hate everything about Israel.” — March 18, 2024

These statements not only invoke anti-Jewish tropes (e.g., dual loyalty), but also reduce Semitic identity to political allegiance—ignoring the broader Semitic lineage that includes Arabs, Persians, Indians, and other descendants of Shem.

Policy Contradictions and Hypocrisy

Trump’s administration has:

• Revoked visas for Palestinian children seeking medical care in the U.S., following pressure from far-right activists
  
• Proposed the permanent relocation of Palestinians from Gaza, a move widely condemned as ethnic cleansing
  
• Renamed the Persian Gulf to the “Arabian Gulf,” provoking outrage in Iran and signaling hostility toward Persian identity
  
• Bombed Iranian nuclear sites and threatened further military action, while refusing diplomatic engagement
  

These actions disproportionately target Muslims, Arabs, and Persians—all of whom are Semitic peoples by descent. Yet such policies are rarely labeled antisemitic in mainstream discourse.

To persecute Palestinians, Iranians, or Arabs is to persecute Shem’s descendants. These are anti-Shemitic behaviors, regardless of political framing.

The Moral Inversion

The hypocrisy is stark:

• Criticism of Israel is often labeled “antisemitic,” even when rooted in humanitarian concern
  
• Bombing Semitic children in Gaza or Iranians is rarely framed as “antisemitic”
  
• Supporting anti-Jewish radicals (e.g., Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate) has occurred within Trump’s orbit
  

This inversion weaponizes the term antisemitism to protect power, not people. It shields political allies while ignoring the suffering of non-Jewish Semitic people.

Public Haters of Jews in Trump’s Orbit

Both Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate have been widely criticized for promoting anti-Jewish rhetoric, and yes—many of their statements are overtly anti-Jewish, even though they often cloak them in conspiracy language or cultural commentary.

Nick Fuentes

• Fuentes is a far-right political commentator and (claims to be) founder of the “America First” movement.
  
• He has openly praised white nationalist ideologies, denied the Holocaust, and made repeated anti-Jewish remarks in public forums.
  
• He’s been banned from major platforms and disavowed by mainstream conservatives, though he still maintains influence in fringe circles.
  
• His rhetoric includes claims that Jews control all media and finance, and he’s mocked Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.
  

Andrew Tate

• Tate is a social media influencer known for his misogynistic and hyper-masculine branding, but he’s also made explicitly anti-Jewish statements.
  
• He’s shared memes and content that distort and misrepresent the Talmud, falsely claiming it promotes violence against non-Jews.
  
• His critiques of Israel often veer into blood libel territory, invoking medieval conspiracy theories.
  
  

Why It Matters

These figures aren’t just controversial—they’re part of a modern digital pipeline that blends misogyny, nationalism, and anti-Jewism into viral content. Their influence is amplified by millions of followers, especially among young men seeking identity and belonging in online spaces.

Donald Trump hasn’t explicitly endorsed anti-Jewish ideology—but he has associated with, defended, and elevated figures like Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate, both of whom are widely recognized for promoting anti-Jewish views. This pattern has raised serious concerns about the normalization of extremist rhetoric within his orbit.

Trump’s Connections to Nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate

• Nick Fuentes: Trump dined with Fuentes in 2022 alongside Kanye West, despite Fuentes being a known Holocaust denier and white nationalist. Trump later claimed he didn’t know Fuentes, but the meeting was widely condemned. (No one has dinner with the President without an invitation)
  
  
• Andrew Tate: Trump’s administration successfully pressured Romanian authorities to release Tate from prison after his arrest and conviction for human/sex trafficking and rape. Tate has made openly misogynistic statements, proclaiming that a woman is “property” that is owned by thier husband, as well as anti-Jewish statements, and boasts of being close to the Trump family, especially Trump’s youngest son, Barron. Even though Tate was incarcerated and serving a 16-year sentence in Romania for sex trafficking women, today, because of his affiliation with the Trumps, he walks free on the streets of America.
  
  This looks like the situation with another convicted (child) sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell (Jeffrey Epstein’s partner in crime and bed), who, apparently, because of her close affiliation with Donald and Melania Trump, was moved from FCI Tallahassee (under fire for alarming conditions) to a minimum-security prison camp (reputed to be “cushy”) in Texas. This certainly looks like a pattern for Donald Trump.
  
  
• Paul Ingrassia, a Trump appointee, served as Tate’s publicist and legal defender, and also attended Fuentes rallies. He was nominated to a senior federal role despite his ties to both men, and the administration falsely claimed Jewish groups supported his nomination.
  
  Ingrassia currently serves as Special Counsel of the United States. This role oversees the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which is responsible for: Protecting whistleblowers in the federal government, Enforcing the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, and investigating misconduct and safeguarding merit-based employment practices.
  
  

The Paradox of Trump’s “Crackdown”

Trump has publicly claimed to be fighting antisemitism, even using it as justification to: deport pro-Palestinian student protesters, defund universities over political speech, and to threaten nonprofits over their views. Yet, many of those targeted have no record of anti-Jewish behavior, and some are Jewish themselves. Meanwhile, figures with documented anti-Jewish rhetoric have been welcomed or defended by his administration.

What This Suggests

Critics argue that Trump’s approach is not about combating antisemitism, but about weaponizing it to suppress dissent and consolidate power. The presence of Fuentes and Tate-linked officials in his administration suggests a cynical double standard—where anti-Jewish behavior is condemned in theory but tolerated (or even rewarded) in practice.

The Netanyahu Paradox: Weaponizing Antisemitism While Persecuting and Slaughtering Non Israeli Semites

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long positioned himself as a global sentinel against antisemitism. In recent letters to world leaders, he has accused France, Australia, and others of fueling hatred of Jews, simply for recognizing Palestinian statehood:

“Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement.” — Netanyahu to Macron, August 17, 2025

“Antisemitism is a cancer. It spreads when leaders stay silent. It retreats when leaders act.” — Netanyahu to Macron.

Yet these statements reveal a profound hypocrisy. Netanyahu’s government has:

• Revoked visas of diplomats from Australia and France for supporting Palestinian recognition
  
• Bombed Gaza relentlessly, killing over 62,000 Palestinians—many of them children
  
• Blocked humanitarian aid, including tents and food, contributing to famine conditions
  
• IDF murder of innocents while corralled into crowded spaces, pleading for food in Gaza
  
• Refused entry to Arab foreign ministers seeking peaceful dialogue in the West Bank
  

These actions target Arabs and Muslims, who are Semitic peoples by descent. To persecute them is to enact anti-Shemitic violence, regardless of political justification.

The term antisemitism cannot be reserved for one tribe alone. To bomb Semitic children in Gaza or demonize Persians in Iran is to commit antisemitic acts in their truest form.

Selective Identity, Strategic Silence

Netanyahu’s framing implies:

• Criticism of Israel = antisemitism
  
• Bombing Muslims = national defense
  
• Persecuting Persians = geopolitical necessity
  

This inversion allows him to claim victimhood while enacting aggression. It shields his policies from moral scrutiny and distorts the meaning of antisemitism into a political weapon.

Even French President Emmanuel Macron rebuked Netanyahu’s misuse of the term:

“The fight against antisemitism must not be exploited for political ends.” — Macron, August 2025

The Broader Semitic Lineage

Group	Region	Identity Type
Israelites	Israel, diaspora	Jewish
Arabs	Palestine, Arabia	Muslim, Christian
Persians	Iran, diaspora	Muslim, Zoroastrian
Indians	Northwest India	Hindu, Buddhist

To protect one branch while persecuting the others is not moral leadership—it is tribalism masquerading as justice.

Reclaiming the Truth: Anti-Shemitism as Doctrinal Opposition

True anti-semitism is opposition to Shem and his descendants—the educators of humanity. It is rebellion against the priestly lineage of Melchizedek, the prophetic arc of Abraham, and the Manifestations who have guided civilization.

This restoration is not semantic—it is sacred.

Call to Restoration

Let us restore the dignity of Shem’s name. Let us recognize the shared ancestry of Shem, Moses, Muhammad, Jesus, Baháʼu’lláh, Zoroaster, Krishna, Buddha, and the Bab; Mary, Noah, Tahira, Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Keturah, Jacob, Cyrus, Judah, Dara, Shahrbanu, Levi, David, Fatima, Dan, Esther, Leland, and possibly even yourself, who are all cousins and are direct descendants of Adam. Every historical person listed above (aside from their progenitors Adam > Noah) is a descendant of Shem and is therefore a “Semite.” Let us stop accepting the narrow and purposeful misdefining of the term antisemitic and reject the weaponization of language, preferring to embrace the unity of divine instruction.

“To oppose Shem is to oppose the educators of humanity. Let us restore the name—and the truth it carries.”