Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Here's an interesting post by someone from the Simon Wiesenthal Center that looks at that study that examined the nexus between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. The author of the post is also one of the authors of that excellent Wiesenthal Center response to the UCC's John Thomas (which he also mentions): Anti-Zionism Equals Anti-Semitism. A snip:
It is noteworthy that fewer than one-quarter of those with anti-Israel index scores of only 1 or 2 harbor anti-Semitic views (as defined by anti-Semitic index scores exceeding 5), which supports the contention that one certainly can be critical of Israeli policies without being anti-Semitic. However, among those with the most extreme anti-Israel sentiments in our survey (anti-Israel index scores of 4), 56% report anti-Semitic leanings. Based on this analysis, when an individual’s criticism of Israel becomes sufficiently severe, it does become reasonable to ask whether such criticism is a mask for underlying anti-Semitism...
