And remember, one in five Israeli citizens are Palestinian Arabs.

It's true enough there are Jew haters who take advantage of the way the Government of Israel behaves to try to stir up antagonism against Jews. And there are people who let themselves be trapped into that way of thinking.

It is rather analogous to the way that in the past, Jew haters would use people's resentment against economic oppression by focusing on the minority of exploiters who were Jewish, diverting attention from the ones who weren't Jewish. "The socialism of fools" was one way of summing it up.

But being opposed to the oppression which has resulted from the way the Zionist project has developed is not anti-semitic in itself, and many of the most articulate and dedicated opponents of this oppression are Jews.

Moreover it's worth noting that some of the most enthuisiastic "pro-Zionists", especially among the American "Christian" fundamentalist right have many anti-semitic aspects, looking forward with relish to a future in which the Jewish people will perish, apart from a minority who become "Christians".

Here is a piece by Jewish Israeli writer Uri Avnery which I think is worth reading - Manufacturing Anti-Semites

"Sharon's propaganda agents are pouring oil on the flames. Accusing all critics of his policy of being anti-Semites, they brand large communities with this mark. Many good people, who feel no hatred at all towards the Jews, but who detest the persecution of the Palestinians, are now called anti-Semites. Thus the sting is taken out of this word, giving it something approaching respectability."