Anti-Semitic attacks are up worldwide, and “major” anti-Semitic attacks—ones classifed as severely violent—tripled in the past year. And this time, the world doesn’t have the Lebanon war to blame for their attacks on Jews. It’s just plain old vanilla Jew-hatred, aided and abetted by the media portrayal of Jews and Zionism, with a lot of help from the anti-Semitic United Nations.
A 6.6% rise in the number of anti-Semitic attacks has been registered across the world in 2007, a report published on Wednesday by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at the Tel Aviv University revealed.
Furthermore, the number of severe violent attacks rose threefold in 2007.
According to the study, 632 incidents of racially-motivated violence against Jews have been reported in 2007, compared to 593 in 2006. Fifty-seven percent of the attacks in 2007 have been classified as “major attacks” – three times higher than in 2006, when the number of major attacks stood at 19.
The report’s authors noted that the trend of growth in anti-Semitics violence continued last year, despite the absence of a direct “external catalyst” – such as the Second Lebanon war the year before.
Islamophobia is mentioned. I’ll have to read the full report, because this sounds like excuse-making to me:
They further suggested that the rise in major attacks could be linked to internal social and economic tensions in various countries and the consequent rise in Islamophobia.
The vast majority of violent assaults were registered in western and central Europe, where the growing presence of millions of immigrants, including some 20 million Muslims, is a source for constant friction, the report maintained.
And the three countries with the biggest rise in anti-Semitic attacks?
Meanwhile, in Germany, Canada and Britain the number of anti-Semitics assaults in both categories grew in 2007.
The good news: Attacks grew only 6.6%. The bad news: Attacks in 2006 doubled over 2005. I suppose we should be grateful that the growth industry is seeing a severe slowdown. But let’s face it: Attacks on Jews never go out of style. And now, they rarely go reported, except by Jewish organizations.
“Meanwhile, in Germany, Canada and Britain the number of anti-Semitics assaults in both categories grew in 2007.”
This can’t be right. If it were, at least in Canada, don’t you think the provincial human rights commissions that are currently dealing with Islamophobia wouldn’t be on the case? And it can’t be true for the UK because the Guardian and the Independent haven’t said anything about it.
I don’t know about Germany, though.