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When Does Anti-Israelismturn into Anti-Semitism?
Prof. William A. Jacobson
Presented at U. Chicago LaSchool
!arch "#$ "%&'
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Wh( are e tal)ing aboutthis?
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UC *egents Wor)ing +rou, onPrinci,les Against Intolerance
During the "%&-&/ academic (ear$the *egents recei0edcorres,ondence and ,ublic commentfrom a 0ariet( of sources e2,ressingconcern that there has been an
increase in incidents re3ecting anti-Semitism on UC cam,uses4
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UC *egents Wor)ing +rou, onPrinci,les Against Intolerance
4 5hese re,orted incidents included0andalism targeting ,ro,ert( associated
ith Jeish ,eo,le or Judaism6 challenges tothe candidacies of Jeish students see)ingto assume re,resentati0e ,ositions ithinstudent go0ernment6 ,olitical$intellectual and social dialogue that is anti-Semitic6 and social e2clusion andstereot(,ing4
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UC *egents Wor)ing +rou, onPrinci,les Against Intolerance
4 7undamentall($ commenters noted thathistoric manifestations of anti-Semitism ha0e changed and that
e2,ressions of anti-Semitism are morecoded and di8cult to identif(. In ,articular$o,,osition to 9ionism often is e2,ressed ina(s that are not sim,l( statements of
disagreement o0er ,olitics and ,olic($ butalso assertions of ,re:udice and intolerancetoard Jeish ,eo,le and culture.
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UC *egents Wor)ing +rou, onPrinci,les Against Intolerance
Anti-Semitism$ anti-9ionism and other formsof discrimination ha0e no ,lace at theUni0ersit( of California.;
A,,ro0ed as<
Anti-Semitism$anti-Semitic forms of
anti-9ionism and other forms of discriminationha0e no ,lace at the Uni0ersit( of California.;
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5he Sharans)( =-D 5est
• Demoni>ation
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Double Standards
• Delegitimi>ation
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U.S. State De,artment
Anti-Semitism is a certain ,erce,tionof Jes$ hich ma( be e2,ressed ashatred toard Jes. *hetorical and
,h(sical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toard Jeish ornon-Jeish indi0iduals and@or their
,ro,ert($ toard Jeish communit(institutions and religious facilities.--Wor)ing Denition of Anti-Semitism
b( the Buro,ean !onitoring Center on
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U.S. State De,artment
Contemporary Examples of Anti-Semitism
• Calling for$ aiding$ or :ustif(ing the )illing orharming of Jes often in the name of a radicalideolog( or an e2tremist 0ie of religionE.
• !a)ing mendacious$ dehumani>ing$ demoni>ing$or stereot(,ical allegations about Jes as such orthe ,oer of Jes as a collecti0eFes,eciall( but
not e2clusi0el($ the m(th about a orld Jeishcons,irac( or of Jes controlling the media$econom($ go0ernment or other societalinstitutions.
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U.S. State De,artment
Contemporary Examples of Anti-Semitism(cont)
• Accusing Jes as a ,eo,le of being res,onsible for
real or imagined rongdoing committed b( a single Jeish ,erson or grou,$ the state of Israel$ or e0enfor acts committed b( non-Jes.
• Accusing the Jes as a ,eo,le$ or Israel as a state$of in0enting or e2aggerating the Golocaust.
• Accusing Jeish citi>ens of being more lo(al toIsrael$ or to the alleged ,riorities of Jes orldide$than to the interest of their on nations.
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U.S. State De,artment
What is Anti-Semitism Relative toIsrael?
BA!PLBS of the a(s in hich anti-Semitism manifests itself ith regardto the state of Israel$ ta)ing intoaccount the o0erall conte2t couldinclude<
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U.S. State De,artment
DEM!I"E ISRAE#$
• Using the s(mbols and imagesassociated ith classic anti-Semitismto characteri>e Israel or Israelis
• Draing com,arisons ofcontem,orar( Israeli ,olic( to that of
the Ha>is
• laming Israel for all inter-religious or,olitical tensions
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U.S. State De,artment
D%E S'A!DARD R ISRAE#$
• A,,l(ing double standards b(reuiring of it a beha0ior note2,ected or demanded of an( otherdemocratic nation
• !ultilateral organi>ations focusing on
Israel onl( for ,eace or human rightsin0estigations
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U.S. State De,artment
DE#EI'IMI"E ISRAE#$
• Den(ing the Jeish ,eo,le their rightto self-determination$ and den(ingIsrael the right to e2ist
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U.S. State De,artment
However, criticism of Israel similar tothat leveled against any other countrycannot be regarded as anti-Semitic.
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Kuestions? Comments?