General Discussion

And that it is this revulsion against what Israel does to Palestinians that is driving the criticism, not Jew-hatred?

Normally, we can all objectively agree to what is right or wrong. Intentionally starving babies by blockading baby formula is wrong. Bombing children in their beds or patients in the ICU or maternity wards is wrong. Driving people out of their homeland is wrong. Not allowing them to return is wrong. Destroying entire neighbourhoods with controlled demolitions so they can never return is wrong.

In our society, normal people are revolted and condemn these actions and are allowed to do so without fear or consequences.

But when it comes to Israel being the wrongdoer in these scenarios, we either believe Israel's excuses or rationalizations and somehow turn off our moral compass, or if we don't, we are told to shut it because it's anti-semitic. Many people can't and won't do that.

If you equate criticism of Israel with Jew-hatred, which is the real anti-semitism, then I can only conclude that you don't see the consistent brutality towards Palestinians as revolting and therefore deserving of criticism. Otherwise you would be in full agreement with those criticizing Israel. But since you don't, your mind jumps to anti-semitism because... what else can it be, it's not like Israel is doing anything wrong! It's mind-blowing ideological blindness in other words.

Israel is cynically exploiting people's fear and loathing of anti-semitism and the known consequences of being labelled as such, and their own people's willingness to believe anti-semites lurk around every corner and the whole world is against them. For the government of Israel, clearly the goal is to shield the State of Israel from legitimate criticism of its sustained brutality against Palestinians and the horrific atrocities it is now committing. To buy into this new definition of anti-semitism is to sacrifice human beings, the Palestinians, in service to an ideology and political expediency and that's just plain wrong.