Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union

J Post ^ | 2 dec 03 | Werner Bergmann and Juliane Wetzel

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Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union

What follows is an as yet unpublished EU report on anti-Semitism in Europe. This report was leaked to The Jerusalem Post by the CRIF, the umbrella body representing the French Jewish organized community and by the European Jewish Congress, an affiliate of the WJC.

Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union

First Semester 2002

Synthesis Report on behalf of the EUMC [European Monitoring Centre] on Racism and Xenophobia

by Werner Bergmann and Juliane Wetzel

Zentrum fur Antisemitismusforschung / Center for Research on Antisemitism Technische Universiteit Berlin.

Vienna, March 2003

Preface

Although we know – and opinion polls show - that anti-Semitism is permanently present in Europe in a more or less hidden way, many of us have hoped that manifest forms of anti-Semitism will not see any revival in Europe again. At present, Jews are rather well integrated economically, socially and culturally in the Member States of the European Union (EU). But the attacks in New York and Washington on September 11 and the conflict in the Middle East have contributed to an atmosphere in Europe, which gives latent anti-Semitism and hate and incitement a new strength and power of seduction. Even rumours that Israel was responsible for 11 September 2001, for the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, and that Jews bring about a situation in their interest in order to put the blame on somebody else, found a receptive audience in some places. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories are spreading over the Internet, which provides a cheap vehicle for the distribution of hate.

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This is an excerpt from and a link to the the EU report on antisemitism in Europe. It was suppressed because it clearly links the rise in European antisemitism to its Muslim population. The report has been leaked to the Jerusalem Post. It was a little long for me to post and insert paragraphs, but if somebody else can cut-and-paste in the HTML source code, please feel free!