The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.

The disappearance of the Jewish state will not mean the disappearance of anti-Semitism.

The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage of the Jews in Palestine is documented.

Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior.

In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.

In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah.

The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization.

A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?

The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern Island, that hopefully will end with a cease-fire.