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>  . Can anti-Zionism be equated with
>  anti-Semitism? It is my experience that almost invariably it does. And
>  anti-Zionism is a totally different phenomenon among Jews vs non-Jews, with
>  different agendae. Many well-educated non-Jews who consider anti-Semitism to
>  be socially inappropriate have found that they can mask it (consciously or
>  unconsciously) by expressions against Zionism or against Israel.

You need to define your terms.  Zionism has a few different meanings - some
of those deny Palestinians the right to exist; claiming that the true
Palestine is in fact Jordan, or Syria, or another neighbouring country.

Which brand of Zionism do you support?  If it's the right of Israel to
exist, and Israelis to not get shot or blown up, then who'd seriously argue
against it?  If, a la Sharon, it's the right of Israeli tanks to flatten
Palestinian homes, occupy their territory, isolate and lock-down their
villages, and wage economic warfare, then that's another story.

Alister




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