Pro-Zionism is today’s respectable form of antisemitism.
It is welcomed by the Israeli government and Zionists everywhere as a boon to the self-declared Jewish state.
By contrast, anti-Zionism, long espoused by most Jews and gentiles until the end of the Second World War, and by many leftist Jews and gentiles since, is depicted by pro-Zionists as antisemitism incarnate.
Indeed, any position critical of Israel or its ongoing genocide in Gaza, or that even mildly supports internationally recognised Palestinian rights, is now equated with antisemitism.
In the wake of the Sunday massacre in Sydney, which killed at least 15 people during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, for the bloodbath, citing his government’s decision to recognise a non-existent Palestinian state last September. ….more
