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May 7, 2025

Who Cares If the Anti-Israel Movement Is Anti-Semitic? It’s Evil No Matter What

Why universities can’t make sense of the threat they are confronting.

I’ve often wondered if the endless debate over whether, and when, hatred of Israel (misleadingly called anti-Zionism) constitutes anti-Semitism is a trap that Jews have laid for themselves and then stepped into. After all, cheering on murderous terrorists in their quest to destroy a successful democratic state is indefensible even if not motivated by racial or religious prejudice. Jacob M. Miller, considering the conclusions of Harvard’s anti-Semitism task force, has come to a similar conclusion:

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