<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>How critical can one be of Israel? It is a question that Germany has been debating since SPIEGEL ONLINE columnist Jakob Augstein was included on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of the world's worst anti-Semites.<wm> Israel is a unique blend of biblical and anti-Semitic origins that has left millions of Jews living under one governance.

Anti-Zionism is a broad category which doesn't specify how one must interpret the question of the Jewish people by choice or coercion.

I was worried when Augstein was called to the ceremony in Jerusalem, wondering if the ceremony could indeed reflect the views of the entire Israeli government. Israel is governed by a Jewish majority but with the rest of the Jewish people living a state within its jurisdiction.</wm> Israel has its roots in the region, going way back as the birthplace of the biblical patriarchs