To Silence Critics of Israel, The Term "Anti-Semitism" Is Being Trivialized

There's a growing campaign to label critics of Israel as being guilty of "anti-Semitism." Among those who have been characterized in this way are such respected organizations as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as the Harvard Crimson. This tactic is not a new one and, sadly, tends to trivialize the real examples of anti-Semitism. Some Israelis openly admit that this is precisely what they are doing. Shulamit Aloni, a former leader of the Meretz Party and former minister of education who received the Israel Prize for her "struggle to right injustices and for raising the standard of equality, described how this works: It's a trick. We always use it. Greenblatt told the ADL, "Anti-Zionism as an ideology is rooted in rage and is predicated on one concept: the negation of another people, a concept as alien to modern discourse as white supremacy. It requires willful denial of even a superficial history of Judaism and the vast history of the Jewish people.