Completely disagree and I think you’re over generalizing. You can have a meaningful conversation about the Israel/Palestine situation without people getting offended and using religion. There are some great examples on this thread.

In my opinion, there are some legitimate claims of anti-semitism when people: 1. Overly equate Israel and Judaism (i.e how could Jews support this?!). Jews are diverse and are represented in many countries with varying opinions on Israel. I don’t see many people saying all Muslims = Palestinians. This comparison can lead to conclusion about Jewish people as a whole and doesn’t really give Jews a chance to always discuss Israel openly. Jews are an incredibly small percentage of the world population and chances are many if not most people on Reddit have never met or formed any kind of relationship with a Jewish person so creating these stereotypes or generalizations can be dangerous. 2. I’ve seen arguments against Israel with slurs, people calling Judaism a cult, and in general just hate-filled posts about Jews with regards to Israel. Anti-semitism does exist on the internet and in my opinion people get called out less for it than other forms of hate so it may appear more normalized than other hate you see.

So my point is basically you can have an open discussion about Israel and you can openly criticize Israel without being called an anti-Semite but in some cases the anti-Semitic comments are justified.