There is a further twist to this however - the possibility of a kind of secondary antisemitism, where someone who has no kind of antagonism towards Jews, but who is strongly critical of Israel, could be trapped into accepting the claim that Israel and the Jewish diaspora are essentially one, and on that basis could develop a kind of antagonism towards all Jews.

Insofar as this may happen some of the responsibility for that lies with those who promote this claim on behalf of Israel, and in doing so risk actually promoting secondary anto-semitism - but clearly this kind of secondary anti-semitism is totally unacceptable and irrational. Whenever it might arise it should be countered by those whose criticism of Israel are not corrupted in this way.

I would take it that this is what the current moral panic around the Labour Party is primarily about. However the existence of many articulate and dedicated Jews among those most active in criticising what Israel has become militates very strongly against that kind of development, and there appears to be very little evidence of it actually being present to any real extent. Accusations of anti-semitism have certainly not been restricted to those who may have fallen into that trap.