The presence of identifiable Jews at these protests – many of which have featured openly antisemitic chants and calls for the eradication of the State of Israel – would seem to support the oft-repeated mantra that anti-Zionism isn’t antisemitic. How could it be when there are Jews who identify as anti-Zionist? ...The American Jewish Committee’s annual survey of American Jews and the US general public shows that both Jews and non-Jews in America view anti-Zionism as antisemitic. When asked whether the statement “Israel has no right to exist” – the primary ideological statement of anti-Zionism – is antisemitic, more than 85% of both American Jews and non-Jews said that it is.
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