[DanaC]

Not all and certainly not 99.9% of all jews worldwide support political zionism as exhibited by the State of Israel in it's actions to date. That would be like saying all Americans are fundamentalist christians or neo conservatives. Note by the way I use the term political zionism. What Israel engages in is more than merely the propogation and maintenance of a zionist state, it engages in political activity as any state must and the character of that poltical face has been termed zionist. Perhaps another term which could be employed would be Zionist Imperialism. The key there is Imperialism. Maybe the word Zionist should not carry such negative connotations .....but attached to the political philosophy it currently is attached to the word cannot help but carry some of that poltical baggage now. Many Jews do not support that particular poltical creed. Perhaps they even resent the way the word Zion and zionist have been hijacked by the political right and now refer less to Jewishness than to a political identity.

UT, good point, you are right attacks are up greatly. It just struck me as odd timing given the recent furore over Sharon and his invitation to French Jews. But again I reiterate there is a differece between anti Semitic and anti Israeli activity. That picture is clearly portraying the results of anti semitism atit's rawest and most revoltingly clear. That sort of thing is exactly why I get so annoyed when I hear any mainstream politician who criticises Israel being labelled as anti semitic. Critiism of Israel or sympathy for Palestine do not equate to anti semitism. When we take our eye off the ball and allow such things to be played with in the political games of statesmanship it becomes harder to police the actual hatemongers. We need to be clear who the real anti semites are because they all the more dangerous to us if we dont.