Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is the world’s second most dangerous antisemite, several spots ahead of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, according to a new report from the Israeli government.

The report contains an analysis of 10 “prominent influencers in the global anti-semitic and anti-Zionist arena in 2025, who were selected based on both the severity of their actions/statements and the scope of their influence.” While outside organizations have created similar rankings of antisemitic influencers, this appears to be the first one published by the Israeli government.

As evidence of Thunberg’s antisemitism, the Israeli government pointed to her use of “terms such as ‘genocide,’ ‘siege’ and ‘mass starvation’ in reference to Israel’s actions in Gaza.”

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      2 days ago

      Unfortunately, in every sense of the word, Israelis are “semites”. Being a “semite” isn’t a value judgement and trying to dismiss the label of antisemitism because of Israel’s misuse of the word is not that smart.

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          14 hours ago

          They speak a semitic language and their supposed biblical stemfather is Shem. Those are the two definitions of a semitic people. Whether a large part of Israeli Jews have European ancestry is irrelevant to what a semite is.

          Again, semite isn’t a value judgement.