Compared to what though? Reading some of the responses here, virtually no one has mentioned the fact that Israel's middle eastern neighbors, and more broadly, most of the Muslim world, are also oppressive ethnostates that treat Jews significantly worse. They don't need laws on the books to mistreat Jews, and we all know why.

e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jews_in_Syria#21st_...

Criticizing Israel is mainstream. Only the newsmedia machine likes to shy from it.

I would not call HN a darker corner of the internet...

And even so, it's relatively minor and much less mainstream as social forums go.

It's flagged and gone, so I think the point stands.

This thread is why I said "usually."

This thread surprised me; I thought politics was off-topic on HN, at least for root articles - it seems to be OK in comments, as long as people don't get too angry.