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Merriam-Webster Dictionary
an·ti–Sem·i·tism
noun \ˌan-tē-ˈse-mə-ˌti-zəm, ˌan-ˌtī-\
: hatred of Jewish people
Full Definition of ANTI-SEMITISM
: hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group
— an·ti–Se·mit·ic adjective
— an·ti–Sem·ite noun
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First Known Use of ANTI-SEMITISM
1882
So what's your point.
Semitic people - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical "Shem", Hebrew: שם) was first used to refer to a language family of West Asian origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Ahlamu, Akkadian, Amharic, Ammonite, Amorite, Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, Canaanite (Phoenician/Carthaginian/Hebrew), Chaldean, Eblaite, Edomite, Ge'ez, Old South Arabian, Modern South Arabian, Maltese, Mandaic, Moabite, Sutean, Tigre and Tigrinya, and Ugaritic, among others.
As language studies are interwoven with cultural studies, the term also came to describe the extended cultures and ethnicities, as well as the history of these varied peoples as associated by close geographic and linguistic distribution.[1] Today, the word "Semite" may be used to refer to any member of any of a number of peoples of ancient Southwestern Asia descent including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews (Jews), Arabs, and their descendants.[2]
SO a bunch of Semites fight over who an Imaginary Pixie in the Sky gave strip of desert to, and we are all "anti-Semites" if we think one group of Semites- the ones who've lived there for thousands of years - have a better claim than some interlopers from Europe?
So like I said, while Arabs are also considered Semites, the word ANTI SEMETISM, strictly means hatred of Jews. Even a third grader would understand this simple concept. But not nitwit Joe Blow. Ha ha ha.
Go get your money back.