Reply #131: But we must note the unfortunate tone of too many of the responses.. [View All]

[edzontar]

here...

And the field of deletions that pepper this thread (including my own earlier lamentation on this theme), which only goes to show that there are many who refuse to see any difference at all between criticism of Israeli policy and what they call anti-semitism.

Indeed, I am afraid the the true and relentless goal of most of the latest wave of rhetoric about a "new" anti-semitism (from Dershowitz, Sharon, and the rest) is to try to discredit any and all criticism of Israeli policies as the product of anti-semitic bigotry.