OK. The problem is that whenever I see claims that antisemitism is just criticism of Israel, it’s usually followed by the example which is a picture of Netanyahu drinking the blood of children or something (such as some of the placards at the marches). This is a claim that has been used against Jews for centuries and I think there are ways of criticising Netanyahu without using such hateful stereotypes, nor do I think the some of the people who use it are so unaware of the history of the ‘blood libel’. It’s not that I particularly care for Netanyahu here, but this kind of imagery hurts many Jews because they see it as an attack against Jews for who they are, since this claim has a long association with such attacks on Jews. Many Jews will look at this and see it as an attack on Jews, not Netanyahu alone. Much is the same for the other claims I see. I think it should be more than possible to criticise Netanyahu without this.
I agree that Netanyahu let people down, he was so fixated on his own power maintenance that he ignored threats from Hamas. The ultimate responsibility still lays with them though, and both Hamas and Netanyahu are major barriers to a 2 state solution.
