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Source: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/why-do-we-keep-saying-its-not-antisemitic-30766328.html
Why Do We Keep Saying It's Not Anti-Semitic?
(Independent-Ireland) Carol Hunt - What occurred this week at the synagogue in Israel was age-old anti-Semitism. It was not political, it was not anti-Zionist, it was not an attack against Israel's military actions, it was a religious pogrom; the type of which has been seen thousands of times through the ages. The call to kill all Jews and destroy Israel is still there in the Hamas charter. This, to put it mildly, makes Jews living in Israel, surrounded by enemies, more than a little bit nervous. (Can you imagine what would happen if ISIS got in there? And we wonder why the Israelis need to be so militarized and hard-nosed?) Violent anti-Semitism is alive and well and increasing exponentially.