The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #80337   Message #1464478
Posted By: CarolC
18-Apr-05 - 01:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: The New Anti-semitism
Subject: RE: BS: The New Anti-semitism
Not every criticism of Israel is Anti-Semitism, but more than enough use it to rationalise their Anti-Semitism.

I agree with this completely. And, conversely, there are more than enough people who use the charge of anti-Semitism (as well as "self-hating Jew", and "not Jewish enough") as a way of trying to stifle legitimate discussion on the subject of Israel, regardless of whether or not the people being so charged are actually anti-Semites. That is what Martin Gibson does.