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    Commentary: Why can’t I criticize the war in Gaza without being called antisemitic?

    by Stephen J. Lyons, Chicago Tribune Feb 06, 2024 3 minutes
    People gather near tents used as temporary shelter, as smoke rises during an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 4, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militant.

    I have a question. Can I criticize Israel’s war in Gaza without being called antisemitic? Am I allowed to point out that so often the historically oppressed becomes the oppressor du jour?

    Will I be dismissed as a pearl-clutching peacenik when I point out that, in 2022, 99.7% of the staggering $3.3 billion in U.S. foreign aid we gift to Israel went directly to its military, and that since World War II, that tiny country with some 9 million people has received more U.S. foreign aid than any other

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