Report on Anti-Semitism may fuel anti-semitism...

The U.S. State Department released a new report today that claims anti-semitism is on the rise across the globe. This is actually not a surprise since the report defines anti-semitic activity as not only includes the usual hate crimes (like attacks and defamation against the Jewish people) but also has Anti-Zoinism and “demonization” of the state of Israel. Now aside from the fact that Arabs are also semitic, this is a pretty broad category. If you believe that Arabs and Jews should live as equals in one state, you are anti-semitic (Anti-Zoinist). If you talk about the evils of the occupation and ethnic cleansing committed in the formation of Israel, you are also anti-semitic (demonization of Israel).

Meanwhile, a whole race of people are considered “a demographic threat” just because they are Arab and not Jewish. This is in a state where 74 percent of people think Arabs are unclean (excluding Israeli Arabs). Almost 40 percent of the people in the lands Israel controls have no political rights but comparisons to Nazis are termed anti-Semitic by the report. This is part of the new anti-semitism that is “is common throughout the Middle East and in Muslim communities in Europe, but it is not confined to these populations (read: pro-Palestinian activists)." The report even goes so far as to say that criticism of Israel in the UN that does not mention other regimes is anti-semitic (although criticism of human rights abuses by other regimes need not mention Israel). With everything considered anti-Semitic, it is no wonder global anti-semitism is on the rise.