Anti-semitism?

An interview in which Israeli President Shimon Peres called the British anti-semites hit the news today. I'm not entirely sure what brought this about, but I'd rather he hadn't.

I'm sort of sick of Israelis screaming anti-semitism every time someone criticises them. I love Israel, despite all my complaining, but for fuck's sake you people can be so bloody infantile. No, Mr. Peres, Britain is not 'inherently anti-semitic', and she does not 'pander to Muslims'.

Can you even imagine the uproar if someone had dared to say that politicians somewhere 'pandered to the Jews'?

This bizarre confusion between legitimate criticism of the actions of the State of Israel and real, horrifying anti-semitism is quite frankly just irritating. Would you really prefer the world sycophantically agreed with everything you do and say? Disagreement is healthy, and hopefully will eventually lead to everyone agreeing on some sort of compromise. Do stop crying wolf, Israel, it doesn't distract anyone from the real issues, and just makes you look like a nonce.