Is being anti-Israel the same as being anti-semitic? Not necessarily, there is simply a heck of a lot of overlap. However, Hillel Halkin equates the two.
Dodgeblog has a further point which Halkin, and others, often sidestep:
One aspect that he did not touch on which I would have like have seen is the problem with the left. It seems almost cruel to point out that Jews in the west are more often than not supporters of the left and socialism. It is these self-same left wingers who are the ones who are most anti-Isreal currently. The apologists for Islamic extremists and Palestinian terrorists are almost universely on the left of the political spectrum. Some of the most avid gentile supporters of Isreal in the US and UK are the Republicans & Conservatives. Surely it is time for Jews to re-examine their, mostly, erroneous belief that parties of the right are anti-semitic.
I agree. It is just that I don't see that happening right now (See my debunking of the Republican Jewish Coallition's poll)
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