<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/9/2004 1:24:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, michael@ecst.csuchico.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Many pro-Israel voices suggest that one cannot be anti-Israel without<BR>being antisemetic.  Could it be that this attitude lends itself to<BR>anti-Jewish responses</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marion</DIV></BODY></HTML>