zondag 11 april 2010

Europese enquete: extreemlinks en extreemrechts vinden elkaar in antisemitisme

 
Niet verbazingwekkend, wel verontrustend. Maar het meest verontrustend is wellicht dat we aan dit soort onderzoeken gewend raken en de uitkomsten normaal gaan vinden. En het idee dat antizionisme en antisemitisme twee héél verschillende dingen zijn en met het eerste ook absoluut niks mis is, moet eens stevig ter discussie worden gesteld. Niet alle antizionisme is misschien ingegeven door antisemitisme, maar in de praktijk gaan die twee bijzonder vaak samen, en ook naadloos in elkaar over.
 
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EJP - EUROPEAN JEWISH PRESS
New survey to highlight 'marked rise' in anti-Semitism in Europe
by: Maud Swinnen
Updated: 08/Apr/2010
http://ejpress.org/article/43402


TEL AVIV (EJP)---The findings of a new survey showing a "marked rise" in anti-Semitsm in Europe and describing attempts to delegitimize the Jewish People and Israel will be presented on Sunday, on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.
 
Professor Dina Porat, head of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University, in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress, will present the data regarding the situation of anti-Semitism in 2009.

At the presentation, Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, will describe the threats facing the Jews of Europe by both the extreme-left and the extreme-right.

"When it comes to the Jews or the Jewish State both extremes are almost mirror images in their expressions of hate and their goals to eliminate the Jewish presence and influence," according to Kantor.

"Even more astonishingly, some of these organizations, who oppose each other on all other issues, are actually coordinating on the one issue that they can unite on – hatred of Jews and Israel."

Kantor will also enunciate ways to combat these manifestations which are both succeeding in politically mainstreaming their message as Jews feel increasingly unsure of their place in certain cities in Europe, like Malmo, where Jews are increasingly leaving in large numbers.

According to the EJC President, "European leaders need to show greater leadership, education needs to be a priority and law enforcement agencies need to protect the subjects of aggression rather than defending the rights of the aggressors".
 
 

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