Quote Originally Posted by LordKenwyne View Post
The term is used by both sides to hide their own scumbaggery.

You'll see some on twitter and previously on here say it is used to collectively dismiss all anti israel opinion. They'll even post a meme of a ultra orthodox jew being anti israel, wow

Then you've got defenders of israel claiming all criticism is anti semitism. Often taken and run with by the media.

It is used by both not for the genuine reasons the term exists.

Jews have been mocked in movies and entertainment far more than any other religion. So this idea that no one can comment on on judaism is lying.
Some of the most fervent anti-Zionists are orthodox Jews. Some of the most outspoken opponents of the Israeli government's policies (including the illegal settlement programme) are orthodox Jews. There are not large numbers of them, though.

The Israeli 'apartheid' label has stuck in recent years, and the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has had some real success. I think that is one reason why the Israeli government and its supporters have been so determined to win the propaganda war over promoting Zionism as synonymous with Judaism and anti-Zionism with antisemitism. Whilst there is a real war to be won against deep rooted and growing antisemitism (and much faster growing Islamophobia) this redefinition 'victory' is in my view totally political.

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-speci...-hell/1.671538