The anti-semitism v anti-Zionism question revisited

Because of recent information I was given*** I was prompted to update my chart on the "anti-semitism v anti-Zionism" debate. Clearly the two things have nothing in common .....

	Antisemitism	Anti-Zionism
Official Definition	Hatred of Jews	Hatred of the Jewish state
What vociferous proponents really want	Physical destruction of the entire Jewish race	Physical destruction of the entire Jewish state
What is the core belief	The Jews are the root cause of most suffering in the world	The Jewish state is the root cause of most suffering in the world
What it based on	The singling out and demonization of Jews based on a set of complete lies about the political, economic, social and religious behaviour of Jews	The singling out and demonization of the Jewish state based on a set of complete lies about the political, economic, social and religious behaviour of the Jewish state
How is it currently sustained	Continued and incessant lies about Jews – much of it emanating from Muslim countries and academia - promulgated in the media and on the web – that is rarely if ever challenged	Continued and incessant lies about the Jewish State – much of it emanating from Muslim countries and academia - promulgated in the media and on the web– that is rarely if ever challenged
Typical media presentation	Cartoons of big fat Jews who control the world and eat non-Jewish babies; cartoons of Jews killing non-Jewish children.	Cartoons of big fat Jews who control the world and eat non-Jewish babies; cartoons of Jewish soldiers killing Arab children
Who currently are the most virulent proponents	Muslims,  left-wing political activists, Black panthers, right-wing extremists, racists, self-hating Jews In Muslim countries Pew surveys report 96% of the population ‘hate Jews’	Muslims,  left-wing political activists, Black panthers, right-wing extremists, racists, self-hating Jews In Muslim countries Pew surveys report 98% of the population ‘hate Israel’
Most common beliefs	·         Jews are baby-killers; ·         Jews did 9/11 ·         Jews control America, Britain, France (add any country you like, including even Arab ones) ·         Jews control the world banking system, the United Nations (add any international organization you like) ·         Jews bake the blood of Christian children in their Passover matzos;	·         Zionists are baby-killers; ·         Zionists did 9/11 ·         Zionists control America, Britain, France (add any country you like, including even Arab ones) ·         Zionists control the world banking system, the United Nations (add any international organization you like) ·         Zionists bake the blood of Arab children in their Passover matzos;
Tactic 1: Deligitimization	The message that the Jews are a depraved, illegitimate, ‘invented’ race. Denial of Jewish history including its origin in the Middle East.	The message that the Jewish State is depraved, ‘invented’ and illegitimate. Denial of Jewish history including its origin in the Middle East.
Tactic 2:Boycott	In the 1930s the Nazi singled out Jews – and Jews only – for economic, cultural, political, and academic boycott (antisemites still do this informally)	Singling out the Jewish State - and only the Jewish State – for economic, cultural, political, and academic boycott
Economic boycott in practice	Boycott Jewish businesses; vandalise Jewish-owned shops and their products, including daubing Swastikas and Stars of David.	Boycott Jewish owned Israeli businesses; vandalise Jewish-owned Israeli shops and their products, including daubing Swastikas and Stars of David.
Cultural boycott in practice	In Nazi Germany Jewish artists, performers, writers and sportsmen were not allowed to perform, while books, art, and plays sympathetic to Jews were banned	Jewish Israeli artists, performers, writers and sportsmen are not allowed to perform, while books, art, and plays sympathetic to Israel are shut out or shut down
Use of the Law	In the 1930s special Nazi laws introduced to both outlaw Jewish-owned businesses and criminalise attempts by anybody else to work with them	Special EU and Arab laws introduced to outlaw Jewish-owned Israeli businesses and criminalise attempts by anybody else to work with them
Secondary boycott tactics	In Nazi Germany Non-Jews visiting Jewish houses and businesses were publicly vilified and threatened to be boycotted themselves if they did not cease their interaction with Jews	In today’s West Non-Jews visiting the Jewish state and doing business with it are publicly vilified and threatened to be boycotted themselves if they do not cease their interaction with the Jewish state
Labelling and taxes	The Nazis forced Jews to wear the yellow star while Muslim countries have always forced  Jews to pay a ‘dhimmi’ tax	The EU now forces Israel to put a special label on goods produced by Jewish-owned businesses (and only Jewish owned businesses) and also imposes additional taxes
Typical everyday behaviour	·         Criticizing Jews for certain character traits (such as meanness, aggressiveness, deviousness) that are actually more prominent in other ethnic and religious groups ·         Criticizing Jews for their genuinely good character traits (such as intelligence and business acumen) as in ‘The Jews use these traits to trick and steal from non-Jews’	·         Criticizing the Jewish State for certain character traits (such as meanness, aggressiveness, deviousness) that are actually far more prominent in most other countries ·         Criticizing the Jewish State for their genuinely good character traits (such as intelligence and business acumen) as in ‘The Zionists use these traits to trick and steal from the Arabs’
Beliefs about the Holocaust	The holocaust is exaggerated to gain sympathy for Israel. The only real holocaust was committed by Zionists against the Palestinians	The holocaust is exaggerated to gain sympathy for Israel. The only real holocaust was committed by Zionists against the Palestinians
What especially angers proponents	·         Jews defending themselves from attack;  ·         Any Jewish success in science and culture	·         The Jewish state defending itself from attack; ·         Any Israeli success in science and culture
What they have never heard of or must never be mentioned	The total destruction of Jewish communities in Muslim lands after the establishment of Israel	The total destruction of Jewish communities in Muslim lands after the establishment of Israel
About the killing of Jews by Arab terrorists	If it really happens then the Jews must have had it coming to them	If it happens at all it is a natural reaction against Zionist crimes
About violence generally	Jews are legitimate targets for violence	Zionist Jews are legitimate targets for violence
Who are their heroes	Hitler, George Galloway, Saddam Hussein, Ahmedinejad and any other Muslim bigot you can think of -  because they “stood up to the Jews”	George Galloway, Saddam Hussein, Ahmedinejad and any other Muslim bigot you can think of – because they “stood up to the Jews Zionists”
Mandatory reading	Protocols of the Elder of Zion, anything by Gilad Atzmon	Protocols of the Elder of Zion, anything by Gilad Atzmon
Popular phrase	“Jews back to Palestine”	“Jews out of Palestine”
What happens if they ‘win’	Millions of Jews were killed in the Holocaust, but it did not help the Nazis in any way at all	Millions of Jews will be killed, but it will not help the Palestinians in any way at all
What is their current most hated thing in the whole world	The State of Israel	The State of Israel

For an alternative spin on this see:  Why anti-Zionism has nothing to do with antisemitism

*** I was told that the Streetwise organisation (whose website says that it "works nationally with Jewish schools and Community organisations, enhancing the personal safety and personal development of young Jewish people to support their safe, physical, and emotional wellbeing") had provided training at a Jewish school in London in which students were told  that "anti-semitism was completely different to anti-Zionism". I now believe this was was a misunderstanding. After writing to Streetwise asking "In what way are you preparing Jewish students, for example, for the tsunami of hatred they will face when they go to University given that 100% of the hatred will be dressed up as anti-Zionism rather than what it really is?" I recieved the following response:

At Streetwise we use CST's antisemitic incidents and antisemitic discourse reports as the basis for discussing antisemitism, and the related and often overlapping problems of anti-Zionism and anti-Israel hate. The CST reports do not say that anti-Zionism is completely different to antisemitism; and this is not what was said in the session that you refer to.

Our specific work with 6th formers includes an antisemitism campus-preparation session in partnership with CST. This highlights the types of antisemitic hate crimes that young Jewish people may face on campus, as well as how to respond and report such incidents to the relevant authorities. 

I am very happy to put the record straight on this. I believe that Streetwise are providing an excellent and very important service for the Jewish community. I will be looking into the CST material.

See also:  

• What leftists believe
• What Muslims believe