@fgtech Yeah, it would seem there is some difficulty with the term Zionism. On some level this is to be expected as there are often disagreements in definitions, especially when it comes to social movements. Socialists, anarchists and on and on. When large groups of people become involved in social-political movements there's usually disagreement about goals or even analysis of problems.

I don't know how that gets worked around. At the very least elements within Zionism or what is called Zionism can be pointed to as problematic.

Leave that term aside and just look at the actions and policy of Israel of the past 20 years. The past 50 years. What are the actions carried out by the state of Israel in that time period? Specific to the problems we see now, pro-Palestinian protestors are protesting specific pattens of behavior and in some cases the policy of Israel. Decades of land theft is one example. Another would be intentional fragmentation and systems of control in terms of the public spaces available to Palestinians and how they are allowed to exist in those spaces.

In terms of antisemitism, I've seen many point out that the term is being used against protestors that include Jews as well as Palestinians, both of which are Semitic. It's worth noting that the word Semitic refers to a large group of languages that includes Arabic, Hebrew and others. So even the term anti-Semitic is problematic if it's being used against Palestinians.

But it must be made clear that many supporters of Netanyahu and the Israel government have claimed that the very act of critiquing and protesting of Israel is an expression of antisemitism and that can be given no ground. NONE. No state is above critique and protest and the leadership of Israel (and many supporters) are making a mistake on that point. Worth a watch: m.youtube.com/watch