“I happen to be Jewish and I believe Israel has the right to exist, but I don’t think that Israel has the right to oppress the Palestinian people the way they have been doing. And I firmly reject the notion that a person who criticizes Israel, criticizes Zionism, is anti-Semitic. I find it bizarre. I’m not anti-Semitic, I’m a Jew.”—Peter Schneider, a Brooklyn resident, “Sanders’s Childhood Street in Brooklyn Backs Criticism of Israel”
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Equally, being supportive of Israel does not require support for the policies and practices of the current Israeli government.
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