Does anti-Zionism necessarily lead to anti-Semitism? | Inside Story
Israel’s war on Gaza has increased both anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism worldwide.
While neither term is new, anyone who criticises Israel for its actions in Gaza is often labelled as anti-Semitic.
Israeli leaders in particular have conflated condemnation of the response to the Hamas-led attacks on October the 7th as both anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist.
Analysts argue that blurring the difference helps Israel undermine any opposition to — or rejection of — its policies.
Israel is accused of weaponising the two terms – to justify its attacks on Gaza and other Palestinian territories.
But with no end in sight to the conflicts in the Middle East, what are the dangers of — and the fallout from — confusing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?
Presenter: Nick Clark
Guests:
Giovanni Fassina — Executive Director of the European Legal Support Center
Arielle Angel — Editor-in-Chief of Jewish Currents, an award-winning magazine founded in 1946 that covers anti-Semitism and its weaponisation
Omer Bartov — Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University
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