Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]aranthus
(3,386 posts)It has had and still has a very specific meaning. If you want to argue that those who want to "finish the job" are motivated by Jewish chavanism and not Zionism, I have no problem with that. But they are exceeding what Zionism was and is about when they say or suggest such things.
And the article makes a very specific argument: "Why are these individuals also anti-Semitic? Because anti-Zionism revolves around the horrifying notion that the Jewish people are not an ethnic group, but are merely members of a religion."
And to answer your coming question, yes, Jews who do not believe that the Jews are a people are per se antisemitic. Even TTJ and Neturei Karta believe in a Jewish people. Peoplehood is one of the fundamental elements of Judaism. If you reject that, then you are engaging in antisemitism.