Letters to the Editor: Palestine protests should not be conflated with antisemitism

A reader says protests against Israel's actions should not be confused with antisemitism — and nor should we mix up Judaism and Zionism

The flag of Palestine is held aloft during the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Round 2 match between Derry and Armagh at Celtic Park, Co Derry, on Sunday. Picture: Bryan Keane/Inpho

As a Jew living in Ireland since 1976, who has taken part in countless pro-Palestinian marches, I take exception to Oliver Sears’s characterisation of pro-Palestinian marches and student mobilisations as antisemitic — ‘Higgins criticised for remarks on antisemitism’ (Irish Examiner, May 27).

Sears disagrees with President Michael D Higgins on the rise of antisemitism over the last seven months; that is his prerogative.