No.
First of all, our elected officials who actually set US foreign policy are, in the vast majority, not Jews. So to make shit up and claim that it’s Jews, you must be saying that they’re somehow seized power.
Second, yes it is negative. Virtually nobody has ever said “Jews control the US government, and that’s why things are so awesome!” the statement is almost always and without fail used as a negative and the Jews as a scapegoat to explain problems.
There’s also, as I pointed out, the simple fact that it bears not even a passing resemblance to reality.
Well, as I already stated, there’s the centuries-long history of it being used as a slur and an attack upon the myth of “Jewish control”.
Second, as I just pointed out, I doubt that you can possibly find anybody who uses the “Jews control US foreign policy/government/whatever” as a compliment, rather than a condemnation.
And even if some random yahoo somewhere used that fiction as a compliment, that doesn’t change the fact that the statement is almost universally a slur and you can’t ignore that when you look at how the statement would be received. 999 out of 1000 people who said “Blacks are criminals” would be using it as a pejorative, even if the 1000[sup]th[/sup] guy was saying that blacks are ‘made into’ criminals by a biased justice system. And knowing that, only an idiot, someone totally clueless about history, a racist, someone hoping to stir up racial animosity or a racist trying to hide his tracks would claim that they were using the statement with its latter meaning and, heavens to Betsy, simply couldnt’ understand why it was offensive.
Saying that, despite the actual structure of government, makeup of our elected officials, decision making processes, etc… that “Jews control the US government” is a functional analog for “Blacks are criminals”.
The fact that, recently, there’s been an upswing of people viewing the former statement as not just acceptable, but true, is frightening. And it should be for anybody who remembers the history of the western world when it comes to Jews.
That could actually go either way. People can be paranoid nutbars about Israel without being anti-Semites. Of course, as recent studies from Europe show, many people who are strongly anti-Israel are also strongly anti-Semitic, but that’s neither here nor there.
Saying that Mossad controls the US government is anti-Israel paranoia.
Saying that Jews do, is anti Jewish paranoia.
Even then, we aren’t talking about control, but influence. If I suggest that you go on a vacation to Sweden, and you do, you’re not under Finn’s Evil Control [sup]TM[/sup]. If Jews write policy papers or advise members of the government, the people who make the actual decisions are the ones in control. And even with voting, the habit of singling out just the Jews while ignoring everything else is bonkers. It’d be as accurate to say “AARP members control the US government” or “Cubans control the US government”, or what have you.
“Jews, when looked at as a voting block, exert influence on the political that is disproportionate to their demographic weight.” is factually accurate.
“Jews control the US’ foreign policy” is bonkers bazooie paranoia.
Any totally non-nuanced, false to facts claim that ignores complexity, shades of grey, the actual facts of political power and control… and ‘just happens’ to echo something that’d fit in Der Sturmer? It’s a safe bet that it’s offensive and people should bite their tongues if they really feel like indulging in some racism.
