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Yes, they are also a Semitic group, but "Anti-Semitic" has come to refer to hatred specifically against Israelis. Maybe because that hatred is more widespread
by wchar_t 5y ago
Yes, they are also a Semitic group, but "Anti-Semitic" has come to refer to hatred specifically against Israelis.
Maybe because that hatred is more widespread than hatred against all Semitic people...?
- olivierduval 5y agoActually, "anti-semitic" is against "jewish" person (as a religion) and not against "israeli" citizen (as a nationality). The last one is called "anti-sionist"... The fact that Israel is a nation "home for jews" doesn't help, as some people think that every critic against Israel politic is the mark of "anti-semitism" even if religion has nothing to do with. Sometimes it might be the indicator of "anti-sionism" and sometimes... just the indicator of political difference! After all, you can criticize any country for its politic without critizing the counrty "per se" Moreover, a lot of people in Israel are not jewish but muslims.