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Israelis not happy with synod statement, angry over bishop’s remarks
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Several prominent Israelis expressed concern over a statement by the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, which said Jews cannot use the Bible to justify injustices.

But tensions increased when a U.S. bishop told reporters at the synod that Jews could no longer regard themselves as God’s “chosen people” or Israel as “the Promised Land,” because Jesus’ message showed that God loved and chose all people to be his own.

The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, said Oct. 25 that the final message of the Synod of Bishops reflected the opinion of the synod itself, while the remarks by Melkite Bishop Cyrille S. Bustros of Newton, Mass., were to be considered his personal opinion.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1004382.htm

NOV 8th, 2010
While the Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel campaigns are continuing in most of the Muslim nation with financial support from various governmental and non-governmental sources, there are specific allegations of similar activities in Europe.

In Muslim nations, such funds mostly come under the garb of mosque or madrassa projects, ending in either financing or establishing groups and media outlets with the aim of continuing Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel activity.

Arab donors prefer establishing a base in their targeted countries, initially either by building a mosque or a madrassa [religious school], which are later used to drain hidden funds marked for fueling these activities...

There have, however, been a number of anti-Semitic incidents in recent years; and Sweden has the highest rate of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe after Germany and Austria, although in so me years the Netherlands reports a higher rate of anti-Semitism.

A government study in 2006 estimated that 15% of Swedes agree with the statement: “The Jews have too much influence in the world today.” 5% of the entire adult population, and 39% of the Muslim population, harbor strong and consistent anti-Semitic views. Former Prime Minister Göran Persson described these results as “surprising and terrifying.” However, the Rabbi of Stockholm’s Orthodox Jewish community, Meir Horden claimed that

“It is not true to say that the Swedes are anti-Semitic. Some of them are hostile to Israel because they support the weak side, which they perceive to be the Palestinians..

http://www.hudson-ny.org/1640/anti-semitism-in-europe