You may not think that it is anti-semetic to criticize Israel, but that is a common interpretation in the US.
On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 07:09:00PM -0400, MOTECK1457 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/9/2004 1:24:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> michael at ecst.csuchico.edu writes:
> Many pro-Israel voices suggest that one cannot be anti-Israel without
> being antisemetic. Could it be that this attitude lends itself to
> anti-Jewish responses
> I think that a lot hinges on what one means by being "anti-Israel." There is
> a difference between being anti- an Israeli government official, a right wing
> Israeli political party, an unjust action of the Isreali Defense Forces -- on
> the one hand -- and being opposed to the existence of Israel. (As I've said
> before, I don't like Ariel Sharon and I'm critical of him and of Likud.) I do
> not think it's anti-Semitic to criticize current and past Israeli governments.
> I do think it's anti-Semitic to say or imply that Israel and the Israeli
> people do not have a right to exist.
>
> Marion
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