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> > which attempted to conflate all jews with israel

> That is not what it did.

That is precisely what it did, and what all "antisemitism" dismissals of criticism towards israel do. Judaism literally did not enter the conversation until the criticism of israel (not judaism) was dismissed as "antisemitism". israel != semitism. israel != judaism (indeed, their actions violate the basic tenets of judaism).

If defenders of israel lump all jews in with israel's child-killing, just for being jewish, that is a blood libel. israel is doing that because it is led by monsters, not because it is led by jews. Sincerely, a jew.

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> “criticism of israel”

This was not “criticism of israel”, it was attacking someone just because they are Israeli.

“Israelis” == Jews of the Levant. Saying “Israelis are baby killers” is antisemitic, and you, my friend, are being antisemitic.

And if you are actually Jewish, they will come for you too, eventually.

> This was not “criticism of israel”, it was attacking someone just because they are Israeli.

Perhaps, but attacking someone because they are israeli is not attacking someone because they are jewish, and is not anti-semetic. It may be xenophobic, but there is no need to bring jews into it and thus implicate all jews in israel's atrocities.

Even if you are upset because you think someone else was xenophobic. That does not excuse the blood libel of ascribing israel's actions to judaism.

> “Israelis” == Jews of the Levant.

Whoa, settle down there, you're making israel out to be some kind of ethnostate or caliphate-like entity, rather than a liberal democracy.

> Saying “Israelis are baby killers” is antisemitic

No it isn't, for the simple reason that israelis represent neither semitism nor judaism. There are countless more semites and jews who do not kill babies. Plus, I'm sure, as a liberal democracy, israel and its military-industrial complex is very diverse and non-discriminatory with regard to ethnicity and religion. And that's not even addressing the actual child-killing which israel is actively perpetrating on the reg.

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