My Turn: Antisemitism, anti-Zionism and the rights of Palestinians

My Turn: Antisemitism, anti-Zionism and the rights of Palestinians

The recent murder of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington and the attack on the people attending a vigil for the Israeli captives in Gaza has poured fuel on the fire consuming the movement for Palestinians rights, supposedly justifying the harshest crackdown on protected political speech since the days of McCarthy and the congressional Un-American Activities Committee. The almost universal response to these crimes  – blaming the people wh…