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Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg, head of the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, told the Post: “Critics of Israel evolve into anti- Semitic racists when they apply unique standards, deny the right of the Jewish people to sovereign equality among the nations or invoke the imagery and themes of classical and theological Jew-hatred. Thus, as Broder shows, when Augstein and his defenders obsessively and irrationally attack Israel and promote BDS [boycott, divestment and sanction] campaigns [against Israel] – which combine all three dimensions – they are indeed anti-Semitic, as also highlighted in the case of Judith Butler.”

Butler, an anti-Zionist US professor, called on Germans to boycott Israel last year and has termed Hezbollah and Hamas “social movements that are progressive” and part of the Left.

Augstein defended her in one his columns.

Steinberg, a political science professor at Bar-Ilan University, also mentioned the case of Krystian Benedict.

“Recently, an Amnesty [International] employee named Krystian Benedict was disciplined for an anti-Semitic ‘joke’ following a long-overdue protest from Britain’s Jewish leaders,” he said. “The Wiesenthal [Center’s] censure of Augstein is a similar and necessary response to his hate-based language referring to nefarious ‘Jewish lobbies’ and Der Sturmer-like depictions of Israelis as ugly war mongers. In contrast, Broder’s clear condemnation of such anti-Semitic behavior provides important moral clarity.”