By David Daoud, Algemeiner.com
Since the beginning of 2014, there has been an unprecedented increase of 400 percent in the number of antisemitic incidents in Europe and around the world, as compared with 2013.
The data showing the increase was collected as part of a special project by Israel’s NRG news website and the Forum to Coordinate the Fight Against Antisemitism.
The report, coming almost seventy years after the Holocaust and the end of World War II, shows that there is real concern for the future of world Jewry, and particularly European Jewry.
The report also said that in 2014, the lines and boundaries between anti-Israeli and anti-Zionist rhetoric and actions and antisemitism became increasingly blurred.
According to the report, the intensity and nature of the antisemitic wave that erupted in Europe last summer during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza indicated cooperation between networks of extreme leftists and immigrants from Arab countries that hold extreme Islamist views.
In the United States, the main growth came in the form of anti-Israel activity on college campuses across the country which had antisemitic overtones.
Moreover, according to the report, the internet, social media and mobile applications have become favorite and effective tools to spread antisemitic messages and propaganda, like the infamous antisemitic screed “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
The report’s conclusions dovetailed with the results of a survey conducted last year by the Anti-Defamation League across 102 countries and including more than 50,000 people, which found that one in four people holds antisemitic views or beliefs.
According to the ADL’s survey, the most commonly held antisemitic belief is that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their countries of residence, a belief held by 41% of respondents. An additional 35% think Jews have too much power and influence in the business world.
The highest rates of antisemitism in the world were found in the Arab world, where 93% of the residents of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank had negative views of Jews. Similarly high results were found among respondents from Iraq, Yemen and Algeria.
When it came to Holocaust denial, the ADL’s survey revealed that two-thirds of the world’s population did not know about the Holocaust or flat out denied its occurrence. In Western Europe, however, only 6% of respondents denied the Holocaust or were not aware that it occurred.
We really have nothing to be scared about. They hate us now, but they always did. Nothing really changed. The only thing that canchange it is Hashem saving is by bringing moshiach. And us doing mitzvos.
Good definition of the nature of anti semitism.
True, the world is not a jungle, but if people don’t actually use their G-d-given brains and intelligence to learn the true facts for themselves rather than acting like jungle animals who operate by instinct, then this world will, indeed, land up feeling like a jungle.There is also this additional perspective to think about: The majority of students that support all the rabidly anti-Israel activity, on and off campus, whether in the United States or in Europe, are not misguided Jews (though there are all too many of those as well) but rather, instinctive anti Semites (…Eisov sonai l’Yaakov…); hence,… Read more »
There is a very large poster at 34th at subway station (for 2 and 3 trains) claiming that israel is stealing land and saying ‘do they want peace.. Or land?’. It’s kind of threatening. All of the incidents were hearing about in the news is getting closer and closer to home. We can’t hide our heads in the sand anymore.
we allways have to remember the world is not a jungle but hashems gardon, it all about how we perceive it. the rebbe tells us that if we know alef we must teach alef-everyone is capobol of sharing their light and thats our job to be a light on to the nations in whatever way it may be. as tanya mentions that (one of) the way(s) to conquer negativity is by using what is strives on for positive, so we must take the very things that these people use to share their “ideas” and use it to share light and… Read more »
Anti semitism is not rational by definition, it’s not based on any one thing. In Israel we can live as proud Jews even with the dangers of anti semitism. I personally felt freer and less oppressed there than I do on the subways here.
According to the ADL – the most wide spread antisemitism is that people think Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their country of residence. So what’s the fuss about?
And the highest rate of antisemitism is in the Middle East.
Then why would this article be a basis to go to Israel?
College students in the US and Canada are clueless about the truth behind the BDS lies. That is why they are so vulnerable and gullible. A way to reach them is to make a feature movie with a love story, events on campuses, and a surprise ending. I have written a screenplay with engaging characters, Jews and Arabs. The story happens on campus in the Shomron and on campus in California. Part of the story reveals the beautiful lifestyle in a Jewish ‘settlement’. Never before portrayed in a feature movie. If you are interested in finding out more, email to… Read more »
Can’t wait.