This essay in The Guardian makes me think I may be right in my long term suspicion that the word "Antisemite" has....

[Beastly Boy]

33. I think the answer to your question is best illustrated in the events of last year,

when tens of thousands of Israelis were demonstrating for months against Israel's cabinet attempting to undermine Israel's judiciary.

Were they antisemitic? No, they were patriotic. This, I believe, is the answer to your question.

However, there is something that needs to be addressed in this context at the same time, and you, likely unintentionally and being unaware of the implications of your statement, brought it up as well: "I, admittedly not Jewish, hold criticism for Israel, but have no hatred of Jews". This appears to be your way of saying that your criticism of Israel does not apply to Jews in general. However, Israel is made up of mostly Jews. When you lump them all together under the label of Israel, which you then acknowledge to be generally critical of, you deny the political, social and cultural diversity of Jews within Israel. You paint them all with a single brush stroke, and many Jews in Israel and outside it would resent this generalization.

Of course you didn't intend to be antisemitic, but you inadvertently used an antisemitic ploy to criticize all (Israeli) Jews as one, no nuance allowed.

Normalizing antisemitism is a thing these days. Most people are not even aware when antisemitic sentiments creep into everyday conversations. As a Jew, I happen to be aware of them, even though I am vehemently opposed to Netanyahu's policies. My opposition to Israel's current government doesn't make me antisemitic, but it doesn't blind me to the difference between Israel in all its diversity and a dozen of its policy-making members of cabinet either.