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Anti-semitic cartoon (file)
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| By Israel Insider staff July 17, 2007 |
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According to a recent poll by the Anti-Defamation League, half of Europeans believe that Jews are more loyal to Israel and more than one-third believe Jews have too much power in business and finance. There were 3,000 participants in total, 500 in each of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
When citizens of the U.K. were asked whether "Jews are more loyal to Israel than their own country," the survey found that 50 percent of respondents replied "probably true," an eleven percent increase from two years ago.
"Millions of Europeans continue to accept a wide range of traditional anti-Semitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories, including the charge that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their home country," Abraham H. Foxman said, ADL National Director, Haaretz reported.
"Despite the fact that individual governments and the EU have condemned anti-Semitism and sought ways to counteract it, these attitudes die hard and help incite and legitimize anti-Semitic acts, including violence against Jews," he continued.
However Europeans appear to react more positively to Israel than in the past. The poll shows that participants in all six countries demonstrated increased levels of sympathy for Israelis compared to two years ago. Meanwhile sympathy for the Palestinians has gone down, except in Britain (32 percent up from 27 percent) and Belgium (31 percent up from 28 percent).
European attitudes have become less sympathetic towards Palestinians since the internal struggle for power between Hamas and Fatah began, although support for the Palestinians still remains strong.
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