Jewish scholar Robert S Wistrich on whether all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic, and the root causes of Islamophobia
From: UpFront
UpFront special: The rise of anti-Semitism
We debate the worrying trend of increasingly open anti-Semitism among the radical right and the left.
23 Dec 2016
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