Belief that the Israeli intelligence services are, in the modern era, more likely to engage in certain types of action against particular targets than, say, their French counterparts need not be based in any anti-Jewish sentiment.
It can be based, e.g., on the degree to which Israeli intelligence services have been found to be doing certain things (e.g., carrying out operations targeting the US) compared to others.
While I think in this particular case, from the available evidence with which I am familiar, that would probably be flawed analysis, I can certainly see it being made without any racism.
One can have an especial distrust of the Israeli government -- on reasonable or unreasonable grounds -- without being anti-Semitic, just as one can have an especial distrust of the US government without that being grounded in antipathy against the dominant racial group in the US.
>Belief that the Israeli intelligence services are, in the modern era, more likely to engage in certain types of action against particular targets than, say, their French counterparts need not be based in any anti-Jewish sentiment.
You are either giving too much credit to the Israelis, or nearly not enough to the French.
>It can be based, e.g., on the degree to which Israeli intelligence services have been found to be doing certain things (e.g., carrying out operations targeting the US) compared to others.
This is a very flawed estimate, everyone spies.
>One can have an especial distrust of the Israeli government -- on reasonable or unreasonable grounds -- without being anti-Semitic, just as one can have an especial distrust of the US government without that being grounded in antipathy against the dominant racial group in the US.
Then again you do not understand what "anti semitism" is it is the cultural bias the fact that it has a name doesn't make it into something special.
The cultural bias towards constantly distrusting the Israeli government like there is some intrinsic reason to not trust them because they always have a hidden agenda (like every other government) is tied quite strongly to the cultural bias of distrusting the Jewish people at large.
The constant distrust of the US government is also heavily influenced in the cultural bias, much of it american in origin which was exported to the rest of the world via popular culture in the form of TV, movies, books and stories.
You can't just make-up new definitions for words to fit your narrative.
Distrust of a government does not correlate to racism against the people under it. And since there's no basis for comparison you have no way of knowing the level of distrust one has for any or all governments. Therefore you can't gauge if there is any bias in the level of mistrust for the Israeli government.
By your logic, anything other than blind acceptance of any and all actions by the Israeli government is likely racist in nature.
Belief that the Israeli intelligence services are, in the modern era, more likely to engage in certain types of action against particular targets than, say, their French counterparts need not be based in any anti-Jewish sentiment.
It can be based, e.g., on the degree to which Israeli intelligence services have been found to be doing certain things (e.g., carrying out operations targeting the US) compared to others.
While I think in this particular case, from the available evidence with which I am familiar, that would probably be flawed analysis, I can certainly see it being made without any racism.
One can have an especial distrust of the Israeli government -- on reasonable or unreasonable grounds -- without being anti-Semitic, just as one can have an especial distrust of the US government without that being grounded in antipathy against the dominant racial group in the US.