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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:
Hirsh, David (29 November 2023). The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century: From the Academic Boycott Campaign into the Mainstream. Routledge. ISBN9781032116624.
Weitzman, Mark; Williams, Robert J.; Wald, James, eds. (4 September 2023). The Routledge History of Antisemitism. Routledge. ISBN9781138369443.
Maizels, Linda (30 September 2022). What is Antisemitism?: A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge. ISBN9780367898939.
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Following the events taking place in Israel/Palestine, there seems to be a broad re-defining of the word "antisemitism" going on around the world. From originally having meant hatred towards people of Jewish heritage, it is currently shifting to becoming synonymous with being against the conduct of the state of Israel. This should somehow be reflected in the article.
Some examples of the rebranding include:
Benjamin Netanyahu declared that "Free Palestine" is equivalent to "Heil Hitler", and as such being anti-semitic.
In Germany, the BDS-movement has recently been branded by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as being anti-semitic, despite several prominent Jewish leaders and supporters.
A Holocaust survivor, who laid down a wreath in honor of the killed Palestinians on Holocaust memorial day in London was brought to a police station for questioning.
Similar policies are also taking place in the United States.
In essence, when it comes to the meaning of "antisemitism", the part about Jewish heritage is now being replaced with citizenship of a nation state. It is important to highlight that the redefining is actively supported, if not directed, by Israeli policy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.150.228.19 (talk) 17:23, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
While it's true that the paper cited here does not automatically render the cited source unreliable, it does render it unusable for unattributed statements in the article voice - per WP:NPOV, we cannot present seriously contested assertions as uncontested fact. Furthermore the paper ultimately just alleges a single (broad) incident, so we have to be cautious about how we cover it. My suggestion would be to zoom out, remove that, and replace it with a broader (and less controversial) source discussing the persistence of antisemitic tropes on Wikipedia as a whole, as opposed to trying to rest the statement on a single controversial allegation; but if we're going to use that source then we need to make it clear that it's contested. --Aquillion (talk) 12:56, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Balancing it is ok, but removing it does not make sense as it clearly has had a major impact on this field and the issue. Andre🚐12:59, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I generally second @AndreJustAndre, although I would add that Wikipedia's job isn't to play devil's advocate merely for the sake of doing so. I suppose what I am getting at is that we can't really form consensus until we see the RSs which "seriously contest" the assertions. That being said, without seeing that, I wouldn't have a problem softening the language currently-used. For example; "Antisemitic bias may appear even in ostensibly neutral sources such as the Wikipedia platform." That sort of thing. MWFwiki (talk) 01:58, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it looks like they had already changed it, adding "though this is disputed." An internal disputation doesn't count. We need a source to say that. We don't get to unilaterally deem it to be disputed. I will remove this statement, for the time being, given the contentiousness of the topic (otherwise, I'd tag it with a cite-needed span or by whom template). I also hesitate to add templates as, short of a cite-needed span, it may be confusing as to what is being called-into question. That being said, I will soften the statement to make it sound less like the hosting of allegedly anti-Semitic content is purposeful.MWFwiki (talk) 02:20, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, @Aquillion, I didn't see the second source you added. May I suggest moving the cites? So the inline cites are a bit clearer as to what reference is for what statement MWFwiki (talk) 02:22, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Before you admins get too smarmy, you do realize up until 5 mins ago you had something calling it "an etymological fallacy" if it is ever used to mean Arabs, which Bernard Lewis is only able to construct because he denies all racial origin of the term (racial terms being shaky to begin with). Due to the root word Semite, the term is sometimes subject to an etymological fallacy whereby it is incorrectly assumed to apply to racist hatred directed at "Semitic people" Debate me. Lumbering in thought (talk) 20:44, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and reverted you, as there’s no point in waiting around so you can prove you’ve read BRD. Just, please from now on do not edit-war, and instead discuss your proposed changes clearly on the Talk page. So, for instance, please go ahead and lay out the proposal that you’re gesturing at in this thread, which is not obvious to me. ꧁Zanahary꧂23:29, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes... I was replying to you in the appropriate forum based on the page you linked. I may have been misled that this was not a matter of changing consenseus when you signaled you were fine with changing whether it's called antisemite or anti-Semite if the argument was already in the intro, not me changing the existing argument in the intro with this arguably discredited source. However, I fully admit when entering the Talk page that according to the admins, the issue is resting on ground that is seen by many as extremely solid.
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With their revert-reason within the clearly-visible edit summary
I don't think the controversy around the category of "Semite" needs to be one of the introductory concepts
And my reply notifying the user that nothing was being changed according to their such a reason in the same forum
If you look back you can find discussion of "schools of thought" being wordy about the very existence of antisemitism. Semites is of same business "etymological fallacy" that was there in previous time, [which I then] put into body, and also had bearing on whether to use anti-Semites or not.
I may have been misled that this was not a matter of changing consenseus when you signaled you were fine with changing whether it's called antisemite or anti-Semite if the argument was already in the intro, not me changing the existing argument in the intro with this arguably discredited source.
I literally do not understand what you’re talking about. I wonder if you have me confused for someone else.
Informal warning: the framing of OP’s comment, specifically opening with insults and closing with debate me are WP:BATTLEGROUND issues and will result in bans or blocks if repeated. Make a compelling argument based on sources, not, well, smarm signed, Rosguilltalk23:30, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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