Though New Zealand is facing criticism after an official government website removed Israel from its map and replaced it with 'Palestine,' this incident is not unusual.

Many people remain in the dark about the true nature of Zionism, relying on pervasive false sound bites instead which often promote a viciously anti-Israel agenda.

I wish to share some experiences Jews have lived with in the past decades, hoping this will increase awareness and help purge anti-Semitism in all its forms.

The course in question — 'Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis' — was decried by AMCHA Initiative, a campus watchdog group, as 'a classic example of anti-Semitic anti-Zionism,' which contributes to greater hostility toward Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus.

The annual State Department report on global religious freedom paints a startling picture of Jewish life in the Middle East and how Jews in Muslim countries are oppressed by authorities and locals.

The antipathy displayed by many on the Left towards Israel is not an example of anti-Zionism morphing into anti-Semitism, but a sign that anti-Zionism is caused by anti-Semitism, the distinguished British historian Simon Schama argued in the Financial Times.