I'm not specifically Anti-Israel... I am,however, anti-oppression... I am critical of Israel for the same reasons I'm critical of Northern Ireland.

Oppression is inhumane no matter who carries it out.

This question has gotten me in trouble because too many don't understand the difference between Anti-Semite and Anti-Zionist. I also looked up the difference between Liberal and Progressive and one is that the progressives aren't afraid of calling out groups for their bad behavior (because they themselves will be branded) and Liberals are afraid because of the possible negative connotations. In other words, to me, Liberals are chicken.

It’s a knee jerk response just as saying that you’re against HRC immediately makes you a sexist.

Israel through Netanyahu has decided that they should consume all of the Palestinian territory as well as southern Lebanon and Syria.

I’ve been saying for the longest time now that they and Saudi Arabia have been working towards eliminating all of the Shiite leaders within the region.

And ironically while watching a documentary on the Mossad one of their former directors confirmed it.
If not checked they will enslave as much of the Middle East through economic theft and religious oppression via sharia and Wahhabism.

So if anyone throws that anti-Semitic BS just ask them to explain why is Israel perpetuating a systematic genocide of the Palestinians.
Just saying that of all the people in the world that should rebuke that kind of behavior it should be them.

Israel and Bibi deserve all the criticism anyone throws at them. It does not make one anti-Semite to point out the hypocrisy of Bibi!!!!!

Good question. I heard a new Dem Muslim rep be accused of anti-Semitism. She is a Semite. She is anti-Zionist as I, a cultural Jew am. I am vs the current actions of Israel because they are anti-humane. I run the Jewish Culture Group. Some of us are anti-Zionist. The two should not be confused.

It is perfectly legitimate to criticize a nation state and it is a common tactic to accuse a critic of Israel of being anti-semitic. On the other hand there are also a lot of anti-semites that can't bare that "the jews" get to have a state on their own and see it for the cause to all the evil in the world. I think it's hard not to get lumped in with the racists scum. On a private level I don't think it is such a big issue but for a politician it can mean that you loose a lot of donors. Not everybody will research if you really were an anti-semite and will just belief an accusation (another argument to get big money out of government).

Apparently the same way you can't criticize any action Israel takes without being against its entire existence... at least according to the country's most vociferous defenders.

It's the same syndrome that leads to "America- Love It or Leave It" bumper stickers. Those with a mature understanding realize that it's quite possible to support a nation and at the same time, criticize the actions that nation takes. We who love America (and Israel) want the nation to not only do well, but to do good.

Same way as being pro people economic and personal rights makes you a flaming socialist communist. All of which, we know, is bollocks and a confusion of language perpetrated in order to push other people's agenda.

I have been asking that question for decades!

I think the age of the country (nationalism?) has a lot to do with it. Wasn't Israel founded in 1945 or so? I found the same sense of religion/culture/nation as all merged into one while in Saudi Arabia. So, by attacking one part, it's perceived as attacking, or for that matter, supporting the merged entity. My opinion...