re: #400 simoom
As for why the question of antisemitism arose: I think what rubs some people the wrong way is how this concern of “many Jews” about becoming the next scapegoats appears in the text as an unstated, ulterior motive. It is thus ambiguous and allows both for an innocent interpretation, as expressed above, and a negative interpretation (“many Jews were acting only in self-interest, this is why this was left unstated”).