As individuals, we can’t solve the world’s ills, but we can mind what we say and do and bring our own peace Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alienated many Israelis with his actions in Gaza. Photo: Reuters Antisemitism is so rife that when I told people I was going to Washington DC for my nephew’s bar mitzvah, I did so in a slightly jokey, guilty tone, as if I was engaged in a subversive activity. It was always commonplace to make snide remarks about Jews – usually about money.