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Antisemitism

In 2009 Europe, the Jew remains the scapegoat


By Stan Goodenough
February 11, 2009

Jews are to blame for the intensifying global financial crisis, are more loyal to Israel than to the European nations where they live, and harp far too much on the Holocaust.

These classic and archaic antisemitic views are entertained today by nearly a third of Europeans, according to the results of a new study conducted by the Anti Defamation League (ADL).

ADL Director Abe Foxman was quoted on Ynetnews Tuesday as saying that a poll carried out in seven European countries - Austria, France, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom - revealed that "antisemitism remains alive and well in the minds of many Europeans."

"It is distressing that there seems to be no movement away from the constancy of antisemitic held views, with accusations about Jews of disloyalty, control and responsibility for the death of Jesus," he added.

For nearly 2000 years, Europe's soil has been saturated with the "longest hatred."

Traditionally, almost eagerly, scapegoated for national ills ranging from the Black Death to the Great Fire of London, Europe's Jews only ended up in Hitler's death camps in such great numbers because of the legacy of antisemitism that had for so long infested society on the continent.

The ADL Poll was carried out before and during Israel's Operation Cast Lead against the terrorists firing missiles from Gaza last month. Often skewed reports of that IDF action triggered waves of antisemitism in countries around the world, including the United States.

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