No the problem is people who can't understand the difference between anti semitism and anti zionism. That is the problem. Criticising the Jewish people and criticising Israel are two completely different things. So many people don't understand this. Saying that Israel is a fake illegitimate apartheid terrorist state is not anti semitism. Saying that Israel should not exist and all land should be given back to Palestine is not anti semitism. Criticising the daily mass murder of the Palestinians by the IDF terrorists is not anti semitism. In none of those things have i said anything against the Jewish people.
If you are using that logic then that would also mean that criticising Saudi Arabia is anti Muslim or criticising the USA is anti Christian or criticising India is anti Hindu etc etc etc. But nobody ever says that.
People need to realise the difference between criticising the state of Israel and zionism and criticising the Jewish people and being anti semitic. It is two completely different things.
I suggest you look up the Neturei Karta who are a group of Jewish people who are anti Israel and anti Zionist and have supported Jeremy Corbyn and are against the existence of Israel. So even many Jewish people are against Israel and against zionism.
The real problem is the zionists and the pro Israel lobby who have a huge amount of control over the UK and USA and most western countries unfortunately. These are the people who are always causing problems and trying to accuse anyone of being anti semitic if they criticise Israel or criticise zionism. These people are the real problem. These are the people who we need to get out of our politics.
Why shouldnt israel exist?
It was created as the result of a UN resolution, which asked for a 2 state solution, a Jewish state and an Arab one. The jews took it up and started Israel, the Arabs didnt and attacked israel on its first day of existence.
(I know Israel did not exist till 1948, but below I will refer to Israel, meaning the territory that is now Israel.)
And who are these 'Palestinians'? What is now Israel was part of the Ottoman Empire. In 1870 Israel was an undeveloped derelict wasteland. There was not a massive indigenous Arab population.
Jew hatred in Europe led Jews to migrate to Israel from 1870 onwards. They brought technology to enable them to make a living in a harsh environment, and to create economic growth. Arabs were attracted to the area to take part in that growth, and it is the descendants of those migrants, largely Egyptian, that are todays Palestinians.
Israel is the size of Wales in a caliphate that extends from Indonesia to the Atlantic. But it is surrounded by people who are told to hate them in a book written in the 7th century. Many states seek to destroy Israel.
And in that environment we are surprised that have a effective defence force, for they know that if they are not awake 24/7 of the dangers from within the middle east, their country will be destroyed. And they know getting retaliation in first wins wars.
lastly, Israel is a democracy. it allows non Jews to vote and sit in their parliament. it does not discriminate against homosexuals.
OK Israel is not perfect. But how would the UK be if we were a protestant country surrounded by aggressive catholic countries who attacked our territory & fired weapons indiscriminately at our cities for the last 71 years?
I'm not Jewish, atheist actually, brought up CofE, but 30% of the kids at my secondary school were Jewish and some are still my friends.
