The reason some members of the Greens are seen as anti-Semitic is because of their silence and abject failure to criticize other nation states on equal terms. Israel is by no means perfect, nor is any other nation for that matter, yet members of the Greens single out Israel above (instead of) all others.

If some of the members of the Greens focused on other nations the same way they focused on Israel, then the criticism would be fair, subject of course to the accuracy of their accusations. But since they choose to ignore all other atrocities and only focus on Israel, then it is impossible to absolve them from the anti-Jewish intent of some of their initiatives.

Israel is the only country in the world in which Jews can be guaranteed freedom from persecution for being Jewish. We already know that there are attempts around the world to delegitimize Israel’s existence, through campaigns funded by Arab states (refer UK educational institutions, UK unions, President Jimmy Carter’s apology, etc).

Such delegitimisation implies that Jews should not have their own home-land. If that is the case then that is rampant anti-Semitism – no matter which way you look at it. If the Greens support anyone within their midst who propagates such views, then don’t be surprised when Jews and other reasonable people use all the energy they can muster to excise the cancer from any sphere of influence in this society – not for their own benefit – but because it’s the right thing to do.