Don't confuse Anti-Westernism for Anti-semitism

Antisemitism used to mean hatred of Jews. That is how it functioned for centuries. But that is no longer how it works.

Today, what we call “antisemitism” is no longer primarily about Jews. It is about the West, and here is how that transformation happened.

First, they identified Israel correctly. They saw it as what it is: a Western political order plante…