Reply #2: what IS "anti-semitism on the left...?"

[mike_c]

I don't believe I know a single anti-semitic leftist, although I'm sure there are some. But how often is criticism of Israel simply labeled "anti-semitism" in an knee jerk reaction to any criticism? This is dishonest rhetoric of the worst kind. There IS a growing realization on the left that Israel's policies are part of the problem in the middle east rather than part of the solution, and until Israeli apartheid is addressed, there is little hope for peace in the region, either for arabs or for Israelis. That position has no more to do with anti-semitism than does criticism of the military dictatorship of Myanmar have do do with racial hatred of southeast asians.