Wistrich is quite clear when he states that This antiZionism of the radical leftist camp profoundly discriminatory towards Jewish nationalism has now spread into the mainstream liberal left whose rhetoric relentlessly seeks to undermine the moral and historical legitimacy of a Jewish state  Bauer is also clear when he says it is a basically upper middle class intellectual phenomenon It is widespread in the media in universities and in well manicured circles Typical is the statement of the French ambassador to Britain at a cocktail party later reported in the British Press referring to Israel with typical diplomatic politeness and finesse as that shitty little countryWhen Chesler talks about the New antiSemitism from the left shes talking about her old buddies none of them are talking about wildeyed Marxists