The term "Semitic" includes a concept, popularized in 19th-century Europe, that humanity is divided into fully distinct "races" to which individuals belong by birth. The word "anti-Semitism" - which became widespread among the Arabs - is an inaccurate translation of the European word that literally means “anti-Semitic doctrine” Israel’s defenders, as they live in a complex of feeling persecuted because of their racism, imagine that all the problems it faces in its relations with other nations are due to its Jewish origin.