Poll: Europeans on Jews

[Yala]

Poll: Jews not loyal to their country
Ynetnews
Published: 07.17.07, 11:56 / Israel Jewish Scene

One half of Europeans believe that Jews are not loyal to their country and more one-third believe they have too much power in business and finance, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

The poll, entitled Attitudes Toward Jews and the Middle East in Six European Countries, surveyed 3,000 adults, 500 in each of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Abraham Foxman, the ADL's national director, said he was "especially concerned that the survey found a large percentage of all respondents and a majority in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland believe that American Jews control US policy on the Middle East, an old canard that has been resurrected in mainstream American and bolsters existing European attitudes."

He also told a press conference in Jerusalem that Hungary exhibited the highest anti-Semitic attitudes of the countries surveyed and the Netherlands the lowest. "The increase and high percentage of respondents in Hungary who hold negative views of Jews are disturbing," Foxman said.

"More than a decade after the fall of Communism, he hoped that such anti-Jewish attitudes would have begun to diminish rather than increase."

Attitudes to Israel in the countries polled have only changed slightly since the last poll in 2005. Respondents in Belgium (35 percent up from 26 percent), the Netherlands (39 percent up from 28 percent), Switzerland (33 percent up from 27percent) and the United Kingdom (30 percent up from 27percent) now view Israel more favorably, while Israel's favorability rating has dropped on Austria (20 percent down from 31 percent) and Hungary (17 percent down from 22 percent).

Levels of sympathy for Israelis up
When asked to think about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, levels of sympathy for Israelis have increased in every country compared to two years ago, while sympathy for the Palestinians has dropped, except in Britain (32 percent up from 27 percent) and Belgium (31 percent up from 28 percent).

Overall, half of those surveyed in the six countries believe that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their own country, with a majority in Austria, Belgium, Hungary and the United Kingdom saying they believe that this statement is "probably true."

High levels of those polled still believe that "Jews have too much power in the business world". Overall, nearly 35 percent of respondents believe this stereotype to be true; in Hungary it is 60 percent, with similar figures believing the statement "Jews have too much power in international financial markets."

Overall, 44 percent of those surveyed believe that Jews "still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust", and 20 percent continue to blame Jews for the death of Jesus.

Nearly a quarter (23 percent) say that their opinion of Jews is influenced by the actions taken by the State of Israel. Of those whose opinions are so influenced, 64 percent say that their opinion of Jews is worse as a result of the actions taken by Israel.

Europe, said Foxman, "has a continuing problem with classical anti-Semitism," although he noted that European leaders were "no longer in denial" and were prepared to admit that there was a problem that needed confronting.

He added that the older and less-educated a person was, the greater the chance of their being anti-Semitic.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...426483,00.html

[DR NOAM]

I don’t think these numbers are very surprising. They are of course sad and disturbing but not surprising.
Even though we are in an age where most civilized people will not speak these attitudes out loud, it is still deeply seeded, and real.


and just in case its true and Jews realy do control the financial and political direction of the world.........I must have missd the bus, can I have my share.

[dayag]

I don’t think these numbers are very surprising. They are of course sad and disturbing but not surprising.
Even though we are in an age where most civilized people will not speak these attitudes out loud, it is still deeply seeded, and real.


and just in case its true and Jews realy do control the financial and political direction of the world.........I must have missd the bus, can I have my share.

Sadly, the internet gives some of these closet racists a venue where they can spread their hate anonymously.

[Christian_Iran]

WTF, Why just Europeans? Take all American Evangelicals away and all you have left are anti-semites.

I dont know if its true, but I heard that Japanese people hate jews to.
To be honest, all people, all over the world seem to hate the jews.

Why bash on Europeans only?

[KettleWhistle]

Japanese don't hate Jews. Most Japanese neither know nor care any for the Jewish people. Maybe with exception of their national hero Jacob Schiff.

And I really doubt that there are that many people in the U.S. who believe that Jews are disloyal, or in any of the big conspiracy stuff.

[Womble]

WTF, Why just Europeans? Take all American Evangelicals away and all you have left are anti-semites.

That'd only be true if Evangelicals constituted over 80% of the total population, since the 2005 poll showed that only 14% of Americans harbored anti-Semitic views. Compare that to European numbers, and your question is answered.

[DR NOAM]

WTF, Why just Europeans? Take all American Evangelicals away and all you have left are anti-semites.

I dont know if its true, but I heard that Japanese people hate jews to.
To be honest, all people, all over the world seem to hate the jews.

Why bash on Europeans only?

You are correct.
Although the poll targets Europeans, the same attitudes and intolerant feelings are more or less true on every corner of the planet.
In the US we call them closet anti-Semites, because they only show true colors from behind a keyboard. or an anonymous survey.

[Christian_Iran]

Japanese don't hate Jews. Most Japanese neither know nor care any for the Jewish people. Maybe with exception of their national hero Jacob Schiff.

And I really doubt that there are that many people in the U.S. who believe that Jews are disloyal, or in any of the big conspiracy stuff.

You can not be serious... There can not be a place where nobody hate jews.

With only a small and relatively obscure Jewish population, Japan had no traditional antisemitism until Nazi ideology and propaganda influenced a small number of Japanese. While antisemitism did not become a widespread phenomenon in the country, it persists even today, taking a form of subculture. Antisemitic and conspiracist books and pamphlets are sold in major bookstores , and anti-semitic themes enter the popular culture and even affect the educated academic community.
Current antisemitism in Japan includes many elements of the occult and intellectual play. To the background, many Japanese like plot theories (plots by Jews, plots by government,SGI,the act of ghosts, devils).[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Japan

Iv heard much stranger things, like indonesians and turks not hating jews et c, but this one must take the price

[Mil]

u can not be serious... There can not be a place where nobody hate jews.

Mongolia.

[dayag]

u can not be serious... There can not be a place where nobody hate jews.

Mongolia.

And some of the highland areas of New Guinea! They love us (we're delicious)!

[Mil]

If I read the Guardian even further it will turn out that apparently James Cook was a cover for the famous 17th century British Zionist Joe Cookenstein who wanted to occupy New Guinea (as Jews always do); but the locals rebelled.

[dayag]

If I read the Guardian even further it will turn out that apparently James Cook was a cover for the famous 17th century British Zionist Joe Cookenstein who wanted to occupy New Guinea (as Jews always do); but the locals rebelled.

And here I thought he was related to Rav Abraham Isaac Kook. I figured Cook was just the English spelling.

[Christian_Iran]

u can not be serious... There can not be a place where nobody hate jews.

Mongolia.

They have a realy high muslim population, and they probably follow the news, Israel/palestine conflict included. So I think Mongolians hate the jews to.

[dayag]

They have a realy high muslim population, and they probably follow the news, Israel/palestine conflict included. So I think Mongolians hate the jews to.

The CIA estimates the Muslim population of Mongolia at only 4%.

http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/216.htm

How about Bhutan?

[Christian_Iran]

The CIA estimates the Muslim population of Mongolia at only 4%.

http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact99/216.htm

How about Bhutan?

Do you trust the central intelligence agency? I dont. They say that persians make 51% of the Iranian population, any Iranian knos thats to high.

Bhutan, hm who knows, I doubt it but I could be wrong.