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Is this antisemitic?

If I make a social media post or article criticizing IDF soldiers for intentionally destroying or mocking civilian property, and criticizing the IDF leadership and Israeli leadership for failing to confront this problem, is it antisemitic?

If I make a post claiming there is a double standard because when IDF soldiers destroy or mock Palestinian culture it is excused as "a few bad apples", yet when a Palestinian supporter mocks or defaces Israeili culture, the comment is "they are all hateful terrorists" - Is that being antisemitic?

If a news organization refers to Hamas as a "militant group" rather than "terrorists", yet also avoids a double standard by calling Israeli settler violence "mob violence" instead of "terrorism", are they being antisemitic?
Bumbles · 51-55, M
Criticizing the IDF for their tactics is obviously not antisemitic. No one says it is, either.
wonkywinky · 51-55, M
@Bumbles Oh,im sorry,then i will say it.It makes you a Nazi if you disagree with Israels right to destroy its enemies,for its own self preservation.
Bumbles · 51-55, M
@wonkywinky Your sentence structure is a bit unusual, not sure I follow.
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wonkywinky · 51-55, M
Anyone answer this.
So,how can any country secure its own borders and the safety of its people against a determined enemy.without finding where its enemy is,and then going full out to cause their destruction?
Israel cannot permit Hamas to escape destruction,because Hamas has declared its will to destroy Israel.
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Northwest · M
There seems to be a high level of vigilantism out there, that does not distinguish between criticism of bad practices and actual semitism, and it's justified under "if you're totally committed to a state of Israel can do no harm dogma" then you're an anti-semite.

AIPAC spends heavily to enforce that, and prods its supporters to do the same.

Which goes totally against the spirit of activism, that sets apart the US Jewish population (whether or not they are practicing).

I stand with J-Street on this,
Dolimyte · 41-45, M
The IDF is not Jewdism, so no, criticising them is not antisemitic, unless your criticism is how it's full of Jews.
Julien · 36-40, M
We live in a world where everyone must be labeled :(
trollslayer · 46-50, M
@Julien indeed. Even the "no labels" party is labeled.
SW-User
No, it’s not anti-semitism. But many people who push the belief that criticizing the IDF is anti-semitism, also push the “bomb more Muslims plz” card.

Many things, including this and “Trump support”, are a means for people to launder their hatred and racism toward certain people and religions, without explicitly saying it out loud.
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