I still have a problem with the automatic jump from anti-Zionism or anti-Israel views to antisemitism (even though the Catholic Church now equates them).

While it is not unreasonable to suspect someone of antisemitism for holding negative attitudes against Israel, I don’t think it is solid proof.

If a leftist convinces himself that Israel is an illegitimate occupier of its land (they way Native American and Hispanic groups come to that conclusion in the US), it doesn’t require the emotional state of antisemitism – it doesn’t require stereotyping, hating, envying or otherwise attack Jews for their identity. I don’t agree with those views and happen to admire Israel for its democratic success (so far) against all odds. But it would seem possible to arrive at those views without a view of Jews in general.

So if a person has no negative views of Jews, or doesn’t make a big deal of Jews as a separate race/religion/whatever, and yet is opposed to Israel’s very existence, or more likely its various defensive measures, are they antisemitic?

That such views move one closer to antisemitism is obvious. That such views are used by antisemitimites is certainly true.

Finally, antisemitism is alive and well in France. How much of it is held by ordinary Frencies and how much by Muslim immigrants?