Anti-Zionism and anti-semitism is not the same thing. Zionism is a nationalist movement . Anti-semitism is racism against a group of people because of their religion. So there is no connection. Anti-semitism is hating Jews for being Jews. Anti-Zionism is being anti- what the Zionist entity is doing.
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Anti-zionism not equal anti-semitism”is no brainier – there are ultra orthodontics Jews who are anti-zionists from religious reasons (Jews should return to Israel only when the Messiah comes) Clearly they are not anti-semite.
The issue, however, is very different. You will not find a single anti-semite person will label him or herself explicitly as “anti-semite”. They will label themselves in many different ways for example “protecting the people from the evil Jewish dominated banks”, or “freeing Palestine from the Jewish imperialism”. And they will label themselves as anti-zionists, where in fact they could be quite and very much so anti-semite. Because being anti-zionists is “accepted” whereas being anti-semite is not.
What anti-zionists actually say is that from all nations, the Jews, and the Jews alone have no right to self determination in their land of origin alongside an Arab state according to international law.
To me this sound very much as either (i) plain antisemitism or (ii) complete and utter ignorance of the history of the region. Either way it is not something to be proud of.