Israel has been involved in quite a few wars, the British have never come to Israel’s defense in any way whatsoever and never will- even deserting Israel in 1956 when they were purportedly on the same side against Egypt. They just always criticize Israel, which I guess is a positive alternative to 1948 when active serving British officers led and supported Arab armies attacking Israel.
Note that Peres didn’t say the British are anti Semitic, he said they are anti Israel.
I can’t speak for him, but I am among many Jews who believe absolutely that almost all Western anti Israel opinion, maybe not all, is influenced by active or latent anti Semitism.
As for the British, all public opinion polls I have seen evidenced profound British anti Semitism. Unfortunately, on that score that are not alone in the World.
Maybe they can’t be blamed, any person raised on the steady hate Israel diet of the BBC and the rest of the British press, might hate Israel and Jews. Still the British have a history vis a vis the Jews and being enamored of Arabs- as shown above- and it is not pretty.
I watch BBC America all the time (fan of dr. who and other shows). And I have yet to see an anti-Jewish bias on the shows. I guess you must be referring to news programs? I watch BBC News as well from time to time and don't see much it there either. But I'm not looking for it either. Maybe that's the key part.
That said, I do see a lot of pro Muslim aspects to many shows. Every new series has to have a muslim in it, that is ALWAYS shown in a positive light.... the hero, never the bad guy.
It bugs me a bit, but knowing how much the average brit fears the muslims in their midst I suspect that it is an effort to assimilate the muslims.
Showing them in a pro England positive role, may be considered to be an effort to bring them into the English culture. I don't think it will work, but I do think its what the goal is.
I believe this pro arab/muslim view you see is based on fear... not a genuine positive view.
As for an anti-Israeli view mostly indicating anti-semitism. I don't think so. Remember, the majority of American Jews voted for Obama and his views on Israel have never been a secret. They aren't anti-semetic obviously. You just have a bunch of feel good liberals that always look out for the perceived underdog. Personally, I consider Israel to be the underdog considering the vast economic power of her enemies (oil), but I have a brain. I'm going to change my earlier quote to "Never assume malice, when an explanation of stupidity would suffice."