Jews Against the Occupation
Is it Anti-Semitic to be Anti-Zionist? 
Anti-Semitism and the Struggle for a free Palestine
By Steve Quester
Zionists often exploit Jewish trauma about the Holocaust to leverage Jewish support for Israel. The tactic is deplorable; the trauma, however is real.
We are only a generation and a half away from the Nazi genocide of 1942-1945, and Jews are still trying to come to terms with what happened to us. When dealing with the struggle for a free Palestine, an issue which involves lots of Jews (most of them, sadly, on the wrong side), it is important to recognize Jewish sensitivity and avoid Nazi imagery. Some Palestine activists, when linking the swastika to symbols of the state of Israel, feel that they are re-contextualizing Nazi symbol to make a political statement. Their rationalization, though, misses the point: a movement that is mobilized against a state supported by most of organized Jewry ought not to be carrying around swastikas. It's not good for Palestine, and it's not good for the Jews.
Too often, we supporters of Palestine are accused of anti-Jewish bigotry. We continue to be clear that this accusation is nothing but an attempt to silence the rising chorus of anti-racist voices that oppose Israel. At the same time, we can not close our eyes to the anti-Jewish racism that does exist in our movement. Instances of anti-Jewish bigotry in U.S. Palestine activism are rare, and are exaggerated by Zionists to push their own racist agenda, but they do exist. When Palestine activists are confronted by anti-Jewish signs, chants, and rhetoric from our allies in the movement, it is our responsibility to make it clear that racism against Jews has no place in an anti-racist movement. To do any less plays into the hands of Zionists who would like to paint us all as enemies of the Jews. To do any less risks our integrity as an anti-racist movement.