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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Dude. that is one person's opinion. Of course some people are going to be binary (and wrong) about this topic. But not everyone feels that way, and thus not every criticism of Israel is recast as anti-semitic. Frankly your spin on it is just as big a problem as those who equate every anti-israel sentiment with anti-semitism. that was the real point of my post.[/quote]

I think that we can agree:

1) not all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic;
2) some criticism of Israel is rooted in anti-Semitism;

It is not always easy to tell which is which and this ambiguity is exploited by both sides, on one side to deny anti-Semitism and on the other to squash legitimate criticism of Israel.
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My own ways - A. Does it criticize the Israeli Govt, or is it of Israel's existence as a Jewish state (the latter is not by definitioin antisemitic, but 99% of the time it actually is)  B If it criticizes the Israeli govt, is it about things that are widely criticized by the Israeli center left (like building in settlements east of the security fence) or is it something that virtually no one in Israel shares (like evaluating Israeli actions in Gaza as if there was no security threat from Gaza)  - again, unreasonable and unfair criticisms of Israel are not necessarily antisemitic (just as say, unreasonable and unfair criticisms of Obama, or the NAACP, or BLM are not necessarily racist) but often they are.  C. Is it accompanied by specific antisemitic images and wording  D. Is it over the top vitriolic?[/quote]

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