TODAY, when the Jewish state has become a centre of identity and a source of pride and protection for most Jews, Zionism is being slandered as a racist ideology. Naturally, we do not regard criticism of Israel as antisemitism. It is as legitimate to oppose certain Israeli policies and decisions as it is to scrutinize any other nation. But anti-Zionism today has become very similar to antisemitism. Anti-Zionists accept the right of other peoples to have national feelings and a state, and to defend that state. But they reject the right of the Jewish people to have its national consciousness expressed in the State of Israel, and make that state secure. Thus, they are not judging Israel on the basis of the same values as when judging other countries. Such discrimination of Jews is called antisemitism...