. ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁writer ▁Jo anna ▁Mich lic , ▁the ▁term ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁Poland ▁also ▁as ▁an ▁argument ▁against ▁the ▁self - crit ical ▁intellect uals ▁who ▁discuss ▁Polish - J ew ish ▁relations , ▁acc using ▁them ▁of ▁" anti - Pol ish ▁positions ▁and ▁interests ." ▁For ▁example , ▁historian ▁Jan ▁T . ▁G ross ▁has ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁being ▁anti - Pol ish ▁when ▁he ▁wrote ▁about ▁cr imes ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Jed w ab ne ▁pog rom . ▁In ▁her ▁view , ▁the ▁charge ▁is ▁" not ▁limited ▁to ▁arguments ▁that ▁can ▁object ively ▁be ▁class ified ▁as ▁anti - Pol ish — such ▁as ▁equ ating ▁the ▁Pol es ▁with ▁the ▁Naz is — but ▁rather ▁applied ▁to ▁any ▁critical ▁inqu iry ▁into ▁the ▁collect ive ▁past . ▁Moreover , ▁anti - Pol on ism ▁is ▁equ ated ▁with ▁anti - S emit ism ." ▁Adam ▁Mich nik ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁that ▁" al most ▁all ▁Pol es ▁react ▁very ▁sharp ly ▁when ▁confront ed ▁with ▁the ▁charge ▁that ▁Pol es ▁get ▁their ▁anti - S emit ism ▁' with ▁their ▁moth ers ' ▁milk ' ." ▁( see : ▁Y itz h ak ▁Sh am ir ' s ▁out bur st ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Jerusalem ▁Post , ▁ 8 ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 9 .) ▁Such ▁ver bal ▁attacks ▁– ▁according ▁to ▁Mich nik ▁– ▁are ▁interpreted ▁by ▁anti - Sem ites ▁as ▁" proof ▁of ▁the ▁international ▁anti -