The accusation of antisemitism has increasingly been instrumentalised as a political weapon to silence criticism of Israel and its policies against the Palestinian people. 

This is not an occasional distortion, but a recurring strategy aimed at constraining, intimidating and punishing journalists, academics, activists and movements that denounce practices such as apartheid, military occupation and genocide.

It is essential to state clearly that antisemitism is a real and historically grounded form of racism, responsible for brutal persecutions that culminated in the Nazi genocide. Combating it is an ethical imperative. 

It is essential to state clearly that antisemitism is a real and historically grounded form of racism, responsible for brutal persecutions that culminated in the Nazi genocide. Combating it is an ethical imperative. 

The problem arises when this concept is deliberately distorted and expanded to include legitimate political criticism, turning it into a tool of censorship and repression.

Today, this manipulation is particularly evident among sectors aligned with political Zionism, which have turned antisemitism into an automatic label applied to any criticism of Israel. 

This operation shifts the debate from the political and legal sphere to the moral realm, creating an environment in which denouncing human rights violations can be treated as an expression of........

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