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Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israel

https://www.adl.org/…/response-to-common-inaccuracy-israel-… This article seems to assume that denying a state's existence is some form of discrimination. I suppose it is, if one is Somaliland (for example) The ADL also, similarly, believe that advocating for a unified Jewish-Palestinian state is also anti-Semitic because it will "dilute the Jewish character of Israel". ... What is the "Jewish character of Israel"? Democracy? Liberalism? Secularism? And I suppose the black character of Zimbabwe is having rythm! But, by this logic, a "United Kingdom" would dilute the English character of England, Welsh/Wales, Scotland/Scots etc. Why are Jews singled out? Is this because they are afraid of being bred out of existence (in a unified Palestine): which then relates to racist whites (especially Americans) fears of misegenation. So, despite opposing racism, are the Anti-Defamation League actually using racist tropes to defend Israel from criticism?

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If.... . ......... # Gaza Isn't # Stalingrad Isn't under siege Isn't an open-air prison and # UniversalBasicIncome WON'T allow more people to work If... We've conned ourselves that all Jews should be Zionists  That all real Jews are Zionists  That Anti-Zionism is the same as racism  That Islamophobia isn't a form of racism  and that Rachel Corrie is an un-person, unlike the Skripals  (then) We've just collectively abandoned all notions of time, logic and causality to launch ourselves blindly and unwillingly into George Orwell's "1984".