But there is a real danger in conflating criticism of Israeli intransigence and extremism with anti-Semitism. To say that it is anti-Semitic to condemn the killing and maiming of children in Gaza is to make a mockery of acts that really are anti-Semitic and that deserve to be condemned by every civilized person.
以色列政府对这些提议的反应不难预测，令人压抑。首先，以色列发言人指责欧洲人反犹——这是欧洲历史上的一个可恨污点。但将对以色列的“任性”行为和极端主义的批评与反犹相提并论真的很危险。说谴责杀害和致残加沙儿童的行为是反犹，这是对每个文明人都应该谴责的真正的反犹行为的嘲弄。