I don't think I've ever heard it called racism, and maybe it's not the right word in some technical sense, but I think "racist" is the right word to describe Jewish/Palestinian interactions.

Neither side is entirely in the wrong, of course. Given what happened to us within living memory - the Holocaust, being attacked by all our neighbors in 1948, etc. - can we be blamed for being scared? But that just makes Israeli policy comprehensible, not acceptable.

Thanks for writing this, and I think it's very appropriate to the week.