Why anti-Zionism is not the same as antisemitism

Following the great news that footballer Nicolas Anelka has come out in solidarity with the anti-Zionist freedom fighting French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, the Zionists who dominate the media and British football are mounting a campaign to censure Anelka. They claim that the reverse Nazi salute (known in France as ‘la quenelle') that he used - and which was pioneered by M'bala as part of his legitimate "Death to all Zionists in the world" campaign is 'antisemitic' - just because antisemites like to be photographed using the salute at Auschwitz and other places where Jews have been murdered.

Every sane person knows that, while antisemitism is a very bad thing, anti-Zionism is a very good thing and is the natural position adopted by any good, liberal, enlightened person.So following on from my previous posts (the boycott campaign to counter the ludicrous accusation that the boycoot Israel campaign is in any way similar to the Nazi boycott of Jews, and what we leftists believe to boycott the ludicrous accusation that leftists have inconsistent and hypocritical views about Israel) I have produced a chart below which obviously confirms that anti-Zionism and antisemitism have absolutely nothing in common.

	Antisemitism	Anti-Zionism
Official Definition	Hatred of Jews	Hatred of the Jewish state
What do its most vociferous proponents ultimately want	Physical destruction of the entire Jewish race	Physical destruction of the entire Jewish state
What is the core belief	The Jews are the root cause of most suffering in the world	The Jewish state is the root cause of most suffering in the world
What it based on	The singling out and demonization of Jews – and Jews alone - based on a set of complete lies about the political, economic, social and religious behaviour of Jews	The singling out and demonization of the Jewish state – and the Jewish state alone - based on a set of complete lies about the political, economic, social and religious behaviour of the Jewish state
How is it currently sustained	Continued and incessant lies about Jews – much of it emanating from Muslim countries - promulgated in the media and on the web – that is rarely if ever challenged	Continued and incessant lies about the Jewish State – much of it emanating from Muslim countries - promulgated in the media and on the web– that is rarely if ever challenged
Typical media presentation	Cartoons of big fat Jews who control the world and eat non-Jewish babies; cartoons of Jews killing non-Jewish children.	Cartoons of big fat Jews who control the world and eat non-Jewish babies; cartoons of Jewish soldiers killing Arab children
Who currently are the most virulent proponents	Muslims,  left-wing political activists, Black panthers, right-wing extremists, racists, self-hating Jews In Muslim countries Pew surveys report 96% of the population ‘hate Jews’	Muslims,  left-wing political activists, Black panthers, right-wing extremists, racists, self-hating Jews In Muslim countries Pew surveys report 98% of the population ‘hate Israel’
Most common beliefs	·         Jews are baby-killers; ·         Jews bake the blood of Christian children in their Passover matzos; ·         Jews did 9/11 ·         The Jews control America, Britain, France (add any country you like, including even Arab ones) like ·         The Jews control the world banking system, the United Nations (add any international organization you like)	·         Zionists are baby-killers; ·         Zionists bake the blood of Arab children in their Passover matzos; ·         Zionists did 9/11 ·         Zionists control America, Britain, France (add any country you like, including even Arab ones) like ·         Zionists control the world banking system, the United Nations (add any international organization you like)
Typical everyday behaviour	·         Criticizing Jews for certain character traits (such as meanness, aggressiveness, deviousness) that are actually far more prominent in all other ethnic and religious groups ·         Criticizing Jews for their genuinely good character traits (such as intelligence and business acumen) as in ‘The Jews use these traits to trick and steal from non-Jews’	·         Criticizing the Jewish State for certain character traits (such as meanness, aggressiveness, deviousness) that are actually far more prominent in all other countries ·         Criticizing Jews for their genuinely good character traits (such as intelligence and business acumen) as in ‘The Zionists use these traits to trick and steal from the Arabs’
More ‘active’ behaviour	Boycott Jewish businesses; vandalise Jewish-owned shops and their products, including  daubing Swastikas and Stars of David.	Boycott Jewish owned Israeli businesses; vandalise Jewish-owned Israeli shops and their products, including  daubing Swastikas and Stars of David.
What especially angers proponents	·         Jews defending themselves from attack;  ·         Any Jewish success in science and culture	·         The Jewish state defending itself from attack; ·         Any Israeli success in science and culture
What they have never heard of or must never be mentioned	The total destruction of Jewish communities in Muslim lands after the establishment of Israel	The total destruction of Jewish communities in Muslim lands after the establishment of Israel
Beliefs about the Holocaust	The holocaust is largely a myth perpetuated to gain sympathy for Israel	The holocaust is largely a myth perpetuated to gain sympathy for Israel. The only real holocaust was committed by Zionists against the Palestinians
About the killing of Jews by the Nazis	If it happened at all it was a natural reaction against Jewish crimes	If it really happened then the Jews must have had it coming to them. After all Zionism equals Nazism.
About the killing of Jews by Arab terrorists	If it really happens then the Jews must have had it coming to them	If it happens at all it is a natural reaction against Zionist crimes
About violence generally	Jews are legitimate targets for violence	Zionist Jews are legitimate targets for violence
Who are their heroes	Hitler -  because he “stood up to the Jews”	Saddam Hussein, Ahmedinejad and any other Muslim bigot you can think of – because they “stood up to the Jews Zionists”
Mandatory reading	Protocols of the Elder of Zion, anything by Gilad Atzmon	Protocols of the Elder of Zion, anything by Gilad Atzmon
Most hated thing in the whole world	The State of Israel	The State of Israel