CharleneG
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Four different things, in my book, but often conflated in the heat of argument.
Anti-Semitic is more-or-less the same as anti-Jewish. Always wrong, to my way of thinking; to be against a religion or a culture as a whole is disgusting.
But even some Jews are anti-Zionist, notably many Orthodox Jews in Europe who were opposed to the (mostly) British-based Zionism in the first half of the 20th century.
Anti-Israel might mean that, while you're a Zionist, you object to Israel's government. (I think this is a very small category, absent a combination with one of the others.)
Anti-Likud means simply that you're opposed to Likud specifically, or perhaps to all of the right-wing parties in Israel, and the right-wing thinking that goes with them.
Anyway, my point is that many Israelis are anti-Likud, but in the US any such talk is quickly attacked as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. Discussion would be much more informative and intelligent if such a knee-jerk response could be avoided.
(As an aside, recently someone who disagreed with something I said called me anti-Semitic. I corrected him, telling him that the proper insult was self-hating-Jew. Really, he should keep these things straight! ;-))
Anti-Semitic is more-or-less the same as anti-Jewish. Always wrong, to my way of thinking; to be against a religion or a culture as a whole is disgusting.
But even some Jews are anti-Zionist, notably many Orthodox Jews in Europe who were opposed to the (mostly) British-based Zionism in the first half of the 20th century.
Anti-Israel might mean that, while you're a Zionist, you object to Israel's government. (I think this is a very small category, absent a combination with one of the others.)
Anti-Likud means simply that you're opposed to Likud specifically, or perhaps to all of the right-wing parties in Israel, and the right-wing thinking that goes with them.
Anyway, my point is that many Israelis are anti-Likud, but in the US any such talk is quickly attacked as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. Discussion would be much more informative and intelligent if such a knee-jerk response could be avoided.
(As an aside, recently someone who disagreed with something I said called me anti-Semitic. I corrected him, telling him that the proper insult was self-hating-Jew. Really, he should keep these things straight! ;-))