Raymond Aron warned in 1967 that anti-Semitism was taking a new, more insidious form. His insights still hold true today.An Israeli army tank moves along the border with the Gaza Strip at sunrise on March 6, 2024. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images11/21/2025|Updated: 11/21/2025CommentaryWriting in December 1967, French public intellectual and sociologist Raymond Aron argued that the West was entering the “age of suspicion.” He was referring to a new strain of anti-Semitism ushered in by none other than Gen. Charles de Gaulle, hero of the Free French Forces during World War II and then president of France.Collin May is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy, a lawyer, and an adjunct lecturer in medicine at the University of Calgary. May is the former Chief of the Alberta Human Rights Commission.Author’s Selected Articles
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