Judaism is a well-respected religion with millions of practitioners worldwide. Israel is a state or country run by a comparatively small clique of adherents to a clique or cult within Judaism called Zionism. Criticism of the country or the clique seems to be getting conflated with criticism of the entire religion.
Which is passing strange and ridiculous.
But there is danger to such critics of falling foul of new laws and regulations concerning something called hate speech. I have yet to see a viable definition of hate speech in that connection. There are so many reasons to be critical of Israel, the country or state, without implying any disrespect to the religion of Judaism itself.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
