We can have material split across three articles if that is the best way to do it Or we can have two articles with a redirect from new antisemtitism to contemporary antisemitism or vice versa The advantage of multiple articles is that it gives a sharper focus on a specific issue The disadvantage is duplication The problem I have with the current article is that it isn t clear to me what the distinction between new antisemitism and old antisemitism is or even if there is one Some duplication is OK but when I have no way to decide what should go into new antisemitism and what should go into antisemitism I think there s a problem The advantage of contemporary antisemitism over new antisemitism is that it has quite a clear definition The advantage of new antisemitism over contemporary antisemitism could be that new antisemitism is not just antisemitism in the here and now but somehow something different That we have a history of new antisemitism suggests that a difference exists but I don t see what that difference is The current introduction says that new antisemitism is the wave of antisemitism that escalated particularly in Western Europe after the Second Intifada in 2000 the failure of the Oslo accords and the September 11 2001 attacks But it then says what is different about new antisemitism is that old antisemitism was largely associated with the political right So I m confused Is it the distinguishing factor the timing or is it more to do with the source in which case perhaps we should be talking not about new antisemitism but about new antisemites a new chorus singing an old song In the introduction we mention anti zionism in passing but we don t make clear what the relationship between it and new antisemitism is we just say that there is one The history section talks about a Soviet new anti Semitism and says this antisemtism was close to its modern form But it doesn t explain what close means Presumably there are important ways in which it is similar and ways in which it is different but the article doesn t explain what they are Further down we seem to be equating new antisemitism with anti zionism Maybe this is the crux of my issues with this article We have anti zionism hatred of opposition to an jewish state We have anti semitism hatred of opposition to the jewish race common usage technically arabs are also semites but lets not go there now We can also identify anti Israel sentiment opposition to some or all aspects of Israel These things all overlap but it s hard to say that any of them are the same or a subset of each other For example there were jews opposed to the creation of Israel because it was man made not created by god And some dislike of Israel is anti semitic but not all of it The boundaries are fuzzy but for each of these concepts there is a clear and unmistakable core I can t say that for new antisemtism I can t identify what new antisemitism is that old antisemtism is not To me new antisemitism seems to be a grab bag of an expression that mixes some different issues 1 the apparent resurgence in antisemitism which I suggest properly belongs at contemporary antisemitism 2 the difficulty in distinguishing between legitimate illegitimate criticism of israel which I suggest belongs here or possibly at anti zionism and 3 the changing nature of the anti semite left right arab european russian which I suggest belongs at contemporary antisemitism and or at antisemitism Regards Ben Aveling