Reply #14: You know, I hear this comment all the time.

[Shaktimaan]

That pro-Israel posters will use the accusation of anti-semitism as a cudgel to block legitimate criticism of Israel. However I have very rarely ever seen it. In truth, I have sometimes seen people make anti-semitic remarks (whether knowingly or not I can't say) during a criticism of Israel and then use your defense when they were called out on it. Apparently, since they were critiquing Israel nothing they said could be considered prejudiced.

There is no lack of criticism against Israel on the internet. If you really think that people are eager to make that accusation whenever they're confronted with it then you haven't been paying attention.

In fact, this OP makes very little mention of anti-semitism, and certainly doesn't describe it as a key motivation. It suggests that Wiki is "biased against Israel." So why is it that anti-Israel or anti-Zionist is the equivalent of anti-semitism here? Isn't that distinction the very one you are demanding with this kind of comment?