Forum, Jan. 24: The missing context: Palestinians Published: 1/23/2021 10:00:04 PM Modified: 1/23/2021 10:00:04 PM The missing context: Palestinians It is unfortunate that many American Jews believe that the only context that matters is the Jewish one. Stuart Richard’s op-ed narrative (“Important context that lengthy column omitted,” Jan. 17) is deeply embedded in the Jewish psyche after two millennia of persecution culminating in the Shoah (Holocaust). It is really Mohsen Mahdawi’s Palestinian story that has been the missing context all along. I have a different perspective, which puts me at odds with my family here and my friends in Israel. First, it is very important to state that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. The last four years have reminded Jews that there will always be anti-Semitism. Being anti-Zionist is to be opposed to an ideology of a strong Jewish nation — which has become an occupier.