Sixty years later, same old Europe

I’m sorry, but I fail to see much difference between the attitudes of Europeans about Jews today, and the attitudes of their grandparents and parents in the 1930s and 1940s. So the results of this poll by the ADL come as no surprise to me.

In a companion survey to one fielded several months ago in five European countries, a new survey of an additional six countries shows similarly that millions of Europeans believe the classical anti-Semitic canards that have persistently pursued Jews through the centuries. The findings released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today revealed that half of the Europeans surveyed believe Jews are not loyal to their country and more than one third believe that they have too much power in business and finance.

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 of respondents in Austria, Belgium, Hungary and the United Kingdom saying they believe that this statement is “probably true.”

High levels of those surveyed across Europe still believe in the traditional anti-Jewish canard that “Jews have too much power in the business world.” Overall, nearly 35% of all respondents believe this stereotype to be true; in Hungary it is 60%.

Similarly, European respondents still adhere to the notion that “Jews have too much power in international financial markets.” Overall, 35% of those surveyed cling to the traditional stereotype, in Hungary it is 61%.

Large portions of the European public continue to believe that Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust. Overall, 44% of those surveyed believe it is “probably true.” A majority of respondents in Austria, and Hungary believe it to be true.

And oh, yeah. We killed Jesus.

Overall, 20% of those surveyed continue to blame Jews for the death of Jesus.

And it’s all Israel’s fault.

Overall, 23% of respondents say that their opinion of Jews is influenced by the actions taken by the State of Israel. Of those whose opinions are so influenced, nearly two-thirds — 64% — say that their opinion of Jews is worse as a result of the actions taken by Israel.

Yeah, because that’s totally normal. After all, every time the IRA blew up a bomb in London, people went out and beat up the Irish in Boston. Oh. Wait. No, they didn’t. Because that would be stupid, even though Boston’s Irish population was a main source of funding for the IRA, and everyone knew it. Because IDST stands for Israeli Double Standard Time, not Irish Double Standard Time.

And by the way, Jews: Shut up about the Holocaust already. Damn. You’d think no one else had ever had a genocide perpetrated against them by most of Europe.

In responding “probably true” to the statement “Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust,” the 2007 survey found:

Austria – 54%, up from 46% in 2005
Belgium – 43%, up from 41%
Hungary –58% up from 46%
The Netherlands – 31%, down from 34%
Switzerland – 45%, down from 48%
The United Kingdom – 28% no change

Which is why Finkelstein’s book “The Holocaust Industry” sells so well.

In sum: The above survey is why I just don’t buy that new “Jewish renaissance” b.s. the Times was feeding us about Poland. There are almost no Jews left in Eastern Europe, and they still hate us as much as their parents and grandparents did. So no, I don’t think Jews will be returning there anytime soon.