'A factory of antisemitism': Indian expert calls out Pakistan’s role in global Jew hatred

The Muslim-majority country Pakistan has no diplomatic relations with Israel and virtually no Jews live in Pakistan. However, the Indian researcher Ratnadeep Chakraborty told the Israeli news outlet Maariv that Pakistan has emerged as a major exporter of antisemitism. 

"Israelis must understand," Chakraborty stressed "that Pakistan is not just an antisemitic state – it is a factory exporting antisemitism to the entire world. This is a strategic threat that Israel cannot afford to keep ignoring."

"Pakistan is a textbook case of 'antisemitism without Jews,'" Chakraborty assessed. "It is a country with perhaps a few dozen Jews – yet antisemitism there is alive, breathing, and passed on to every new generation," he continued. 

Chakraborty explained that Pakistani children are taught that Jews are enemies of Islam. 

"Children learn from official textbooks that Jews are corrupt, treacherous, and deserving of death," he said. "In parliament, lawmakers propose bills praising Hamas’s October 7 attacks."

"When Pakistan embraces Hamas – while even many Arab states distance themselves – that speaks volumes," he argued. 

Antisemitism with roots in the Islamic world has become a central factor behind the dramatic rise of anti-Jewish sentiments across the Western world, especially in countries with large Muslim immigrant populations such as France, Germany and the United Kingdom. 

"Pakistan has 9 million citizens living abroad. These are people who were raised on antisemitic educational foundations. They carry this hatred with them to Europe, America, and the Middle East – and sometimes act on it," Chakraborty warned. Many British Muslims hail from Pakistan. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump have vowed that they will not permit the Islamic ayatollah regime in Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. However, Pakistan already possesses a nuclear weapons arsenal. 

"Pakistan is the only Muslim state with nuclear weapons. While it may not target Israel directly, its nuclear arsenal underpins a mythology of 'defending Islam' that promotes global hate ideologies," the Indian researchers warned. 

Looking ahead, Chakraborty urges the Jewish state to actively expose Pakistan’s major role in exporting antisemitism worldwide. 

"Israel must expose Pakistani antisemitism in every international forum – at the UN, at the Human Rights Council, and everywhere else. Israel has the documentation. It has the information. What’s lacking is the will to act," he assessed. 

Pakistan is an economically impoverished nation that relies on international financial assistance. The Indian expert therefore suggests that the United States and the IMF funds link economic assistance to a well-needed educational reform in Pakistani schools. 

"Without such pressure, antisemitism will remain embedded in Pakistan’s DNA," Chakraborty said. 

"Pakistan has received billions in aid from the United States over the years, even while nurturing the Taliban, funding jihadist groups, and celebrating the fall of Kabul. They used American money to finance America's enemies," he warned. 

"Yet Washington continues to treat Pakistan as a 'partner," he added.

In May 2011, U.S. special forces eliminated the elusive Al Qaida terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden who was hiding in a luxurious compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 

"As long as this hatred continues to spread unchecked, it will continue to take root. Historically, hatred that isn’t stopped in time – explodes. We saw it in Europe in the 1930s, in the Arab world in the 20th century, and now it’s happening before our eyes – online and on the ground," he warned. 

However, there are some positive developments. Last month, an unofficial delegation from Pakistan visited the Jewish state to learn about Israel and enhance relations between the two nations.