French Prime Minister Valls: anti-Zionism is "quite simply the synonym of antisemitism"

March 7, 2016 · crif.org ↗

"Et puis il y a la haine d'Israël, il y a l'antisémitisme et il y a l'antisionisme, c'est-à-dire tout simplement le synonyme de l'antisémitisme et de la haine d'Israël." In English (our translation): And then there is hatred of Israel, there is antisemitism, and there is anti-Zionism, which is quite simply the synonym of antisemitism and of hatred of Israel.

Why It’s Conflation

Zionism is a political movement. Opposing a political movement isn’t hatred of a people. France’s prime minister said the two are the same word.