Politicians and pundits are everywhere right now, warning of the risk of Islamophobia in the wake of the Hanukkah massacre in Sydney, Australia, last weekend. There was Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez on X on Monday, decrying that “the normalization and acceptance of Islamophobia in our politics is disgusting.” And rabid pro-Palestinian commentator Mehdi Hasan, also on X, reminding readers that “Islamophobia is always wrong” as he performatively condemned the Bondi Beach killings.
