The “No Thanks” app calls on people not to buy products from companies that “support” Israel. Is it a legitimate form of protest — or even antisemitism?

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    Experts say this sentence can be interpreted as either critical of Israel or antisemitic. Meron Mendel, director of the Anne Frank Educational Center, told DW that the phrase recalled an antisemitic belief in the Middle Ages that Jews murdered children in order to produce Passover bread from their blood.

    WOW, yeah it’s totally ambiguous, I could never tell.

    Uffa Jensen, deputy director of the Center for Research on Antisemitism, also says that this expression could come close to being accused of antisemitism because it uses the image of Israel as a child murderer.

    Yes, “Israel” is a terrorist, and murderous state. You can criticize a Muslim or Christian state without hating the religions or their followers. The same must be true for a Jewish state, especially one which uses Judaism as it’s shield against criticism.