Original sentence: As compared to the old anti-Semitism, which was motivated by racial theory, religion or nationalist chauvinism and continues to exists, this new anti-Semitism is seen as distinct because of a rhetoric and politics that center on opposition to Israel and involve a complex relationship between criticism of Israel and criticism of Jews.Controversy regarding new anti-Semitism centers on the question of whether widespread opposition to Israel is purely political in nature--expressing anti-Semitism only as a symptom--or if this opposition is tied into, and supported by, anti-Semitic belief.Critics of the concept contend that it only serves to equate legitimate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.The term new anti-Semitism refers to the contemporary international resurgence of anti-Jewish incidents and attacks on Jewish symbols, as well as the acceptance of anti-Semitic beliefs and their expression in public discourse.The term, which first came into general use in the early 1970s, is sometimes used in a generic sense to denote all contemporary forms of anti-Semitism, but is also used to distinguish an allegedly new kind of anti-Semitism from traditional forms of anti-Semitism
Edited sentence: Critics contend that the concept only serves to equate legitimate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.In the latter sense, the new anti-Semitism is seen as distinct — in its rhetoric, its pretexts, and its locus on the political spectrum — from the old anti-Semitism that continues to exist alongside it.The new anti-Semitism refers to the contemporary international resurgence of anti-Jewish incidents and attacks on Jewish symbols, as well as the acceptance of anti-Semitic beliefs and their expression in public discourse.The term, which first came into general use in the early 1970s, is sometimes used in a generic sense to denote all contemporary forms of anti-Semitism, but is also used to distinguish an allegedly new kind of anti-Semitism from traditional forms of anti-Semitism, which were motivated by racial theory, religion or nationalist chauvinism