Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The global response to Israel's two-year war against fighters of The Islamic Resistance Movement (better known by its Arabic acronym, Hamas) in Gaza, underscores an old, and in today's much changed circumstance, very useful question: "Where does the line between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel's handling of the war in Gaza lie - and how thick is this line?". How this question is answered is at the heart of the ongoing battle being waged by ultra-right political movements against democracies worldwide. Hate crimes, including all portrayals of certain groups (immigrants, ethnic or religious minorities, LGBTQ+ people, "elites", etc.) as illegitimate or dangerous, are wrong. They harm people. They make nonsense of th...