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Chris Smith: “Israel is a country like any country, has its good, has its bad, of course, but I am seeing once you cross this line of…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
Israel is a country like any country, has its good, has its bad, of course, but I am seeing once you cross this line of just useful criticizing to denying their existence or denying the right to defend itself, this becomes anti-Semitism.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses the line between criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism.

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