Hi it's Diane, on my mind can you be anti-Zionist without being anti-Semitic?

That is to what extent can you question the actions or existence of Israel

without being seen as prejudiced against Jewish people.

As Israel's bombardment of Gaza continues,

a question that once seemed merely academic has filled onto the streets across

campuses and into the halls of Congress. I think that the politicization of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism

in the United States is doing a grave disservice to Jews and to Palestinians.

Jonathan Weisman is a political reporter at the New York Times.

He says the line between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism has been blurred

and is being used to score political points.

Then last week the House passed a resolution stating that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. Tell me what that means, why it came about.

This is an issue that has royaled the nation streets, the nation's campuses, and now the

halls of Congress since the October 7th bloodbath unleashed by Hamas and the

relentless attacks that Israel has launched on Gaza ever since.

The question about whether anti-Zionism is

is anti-Semitism is a central problem for Democrats and for the Democratic left

because Republicans have long been accused of flirting with right-wing anti-Semites.

In now, the question is,

are the opponents of the Jewish state

automatically anti-Semitic.

That is why Republicans wanted this resolution put on the House floor

because the question really puts Democrats in a corner.

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