ZGram - 6/29/2002 - "Telling stats!"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

June 29, 2002

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Both friend and foe should ponder this one!  Short but meaningful!

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One in three Europeans 'is anti Semitic'

By Robert Mendick

30 June 2002

A new form of anti-Semitism has taken hold in Europe, fuelled by 
anti-Israeli sentiment, according to a survey which shows almost one 
in three Europeans now harbours some anti-Jewish feelings.

Attitudes towards Jews vary across the five countries surveyed with 
Belgians, Germans and the French "most likely to hold a prejudiced 
view of Jews". Denmark and the UK are said to be the least 
prejudiced. But attitudes in the UK show a worryingly high level of 
anti-Semitic sentiment.

The findings of 2,500 people polled - 500 in each country - show 30 
per cent harboured traditional anti-Jewish views. The survey was 
commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League, a US-based organisation 
set up just before the First World War to combat anti-Semitism in the 
US.

Those polled were each read out four statements containing 
stereotypical anti-Semitic sentiments. The numbers who thought the 
statements "probably true" varied from country to country but were 
still very high.

One in five Britons believes Jews have too much power in the business 
world. More than 10 per cent of those surveyed in the UK believed 
Jews are "more willing to use shady practices to get what they want".

One in 10 believes "Jews don't care what happens to anyone but their 
own kind" while one in three considers "Jews are more loyal to Israel 
than to this country".

Fiona Macaulay of the Board of Deputies of British Jews said: "These 
findings are shocking. If one was to substitute the word Jew for 
black there would be outrage."

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( Source:  http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=310541 )