What does it take to make it clear that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism?

Answer 1

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed this question. He stated:

". . . You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely 'anti-Zionist.' And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--this is God's own truth.

"Antisemitism, the hatred of the Jewish people, has been and remains a blot on the soul of mankind. In this we are in full agreement. So know also this: anti-Zionist is inherently anti-Semitism, and ever will be so.

"Why is this? You know that Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. The Jewish people, the Scriptures tell us, once enjoyed a flourishing Commonwealth in the Holy Land. From this they were expelled by the Roman tyrant, the same Romans who cruelly murdered Our Lord. Driven from their homeland, their nation in ashes, forced to wander the globe, the Jewish people time and again suffered the lash of whichever tyrant happened to rule over them.

"The Negro people, my friend, know what it is to suffer the torment of tyranny under rulers not of our choosing. Our brothers in Africa have begged, pleaded, requested--DEMANDED the recognition and realization of our inborn right to live in peace under our own sovereignty in our own country.

"How easy it should be, for anyone who holds dear this inalienable right of all mankind, to understand and support the right of the Jewish People to live in their ancient Land of Israel. All men of good will exult in the fulfillment of God's promise, that his People should return in joy to rebuild their plundered land.

"This is Zionism, nothing more, nothing less.

"And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism."

Answer 2

You must remember that many anti-Zionists are semites (e.g. Palestinian Arabs) who are therefore pro-Semites. Hence there must be a difference. You could argue they all have internalised anti-Semitism but I would have to disagree. If you mean by anti-Semitism the fear and hatred of Jews and/or belief in their alleged magical powers or inferiority in some way and their secret world domination (or plan for same), it is clear that not all anti-Zionists are anti-Semites. The current expression of Zionism (the domination of Palestine by the government and army of Israel) has not even supported by the majority of Israelis for the last several decades and they also are Semites that are not anti-Semitic. That group is therefore anti-Zionist in at least a practical sense. Hence again the premise of your question is flawed.

You would need to survey all anti-Semites and all anti-Zionists and demonstrate scientifically that they are one and the same group and get it broadcast/published in all the TV and print news services.

Answer 3

"The term anti-Semitism was coined in 1879 by Wilheim Marr, an anti-Jewish spokesman in Germany, as a euphemistic substitute for judenhass, Jew-hatred." (Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin "Why the Jews? The Reasons for Antisemitism", p. 199) In other words, Jew-hater Wilheim Marr substituted "anti-Semitism" for "Jew-hatred" to give Jew-hatred a fancy, scientifically sounding name, and thereby give it legitimacy. To a large extent he succeeded. Therefore, all one needs to do to avoid semantic confusion is to substitute Jew-hatred for anti-Semitism.

..If, then, the very existence of Israel is felt by some to be an aggression, it is because the affirmation of a Jewish existence is felt to be an aggression by the eschatological faiths deriving from Judaism. For them, Jewish emancipation, as soon as it goes beyond demanding that toleration (which is the maximum that can be allowed) represents and intolerable provocation. Any freedom to return to the deeper sources radically challenges (although in a form not very clearly understood) the diluted and composite rivulets which spring therefrom.

Answer 4

A new brain for you since the two are not the same.

Answer 5

No, you're wrong. Do your research before you make a statement like that without knowing the proper terminology or its meaning.

Answer 6

Yawn!

Answer 7

A better definition apparently...

Plenty of Zionists are christians.... lol

Answer 8

I don't know if thats possible or not...

Answer 9

i honestly don't have a clue.