Cantor Center, Tel Aviv University Anti-Semitism 2011: continuation and even escalation of harassment and incitement - significant decrease in violence
In 2011, harassment of Jews and incitement against them continued and even escalated, including verbal threats, insults, and offensive behavior. Such acts have increased in number dramatically in recent years in various parts of the world, and among them the recurring personal harm that occurs on a daily basis mainly in Western Europe as well as in Australia and Canada, on the street, in the public space and near Jewish institutions and sites, against those who identify as Jewish, and against children and youth in and around schools, stands out in particular. . Monitoring and reporting systems only exist in some countries, so it is not possible to count all the cases.
The level of violent incidents, carried out with and without weapons, vandalism and direct threats decreased in 2011 by 27% compared to the year before: 446 incidents compared to 614 (the US data was only partially included here). The decrease in Great Britain (to 105 events), France (114) and Canada (68), where together 63% of all events in the world were recorded, and where large Jewish communities live, affected the general statistics. In other countries, such as Australia, Belgium and Ukraine, the number of incidents remained almost the same, while in Belarus and Lithuania an increase was recorded. However, the data show that physical violence remained at a higher level than in previous years, and that the attacks became more brutal, and some caused real harm to the victims.
We can point to several possible factors for the decrease in the number of violent incidents: the absence of a wide-ranging conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, such as the Marmara flotilla in 2010, and especially the "Cast Lead" operation in 2009, during which a wave of violence broke out; The fact that a significant part of the activity of the extreme right was directed in 2011 towards Muslims, Gypsies and other minorities among the immigrants; The "Arab Spring" and its consequences, which occupied the young Muslims in Europe; The growing number of complaints and prosecutions of attackers and instigators successfully filed by Jews, as individuals and within organizations; and the increasing activity of governments and civil bodies to promote legislation and public tools against racism, and anti-Semitism in general.
The reasons for the high level of bullying and incitement are apparently the radicalization of young Muslims, mainly from immigrant families, and the assimilation of accusations against Jews; Escalation in the hostility of the extreme-militant right, whose activity grew stronger against the background of the economic crisis and the problem of multiculturalism; The increasing use of the Internet, on the multitude of etheria, social networks and blogs, which easily spread anti-Semitic messages, as well as anti-Zionist and anti-Israeli incitement often expressed in anti-Semitic terms. These messages are heard in universities, colleges and mosques, and are also delivered by BDS activists - acronyms for boycott, diversion of resources and imposition of sanctions on those connected to Israel; and the hostile atmosphere created by the rhetoric of the radical left, and expressions and accusations that are also heard in the discourse at the center of society and not only at the margins.
The main accusations directed at Jews and at Israel as a Jewish state continue to be the supposed existence of a global Jewish power, which stands behind every significant event in the world, including incitement for and against the revolutions in the Arab-Muslim world, and acts unconditionally at the service of Israel, as well as control of the global economy and hence responsibility for the crisis the current economic These accusations are heard at the same time as the diagnosis of Israel as a racist, illegitimate entity with Nazi characteristics, an entity in which and its supporters embody universal evil.
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I have a problem with the writers, not all of them in their small part, don't accept opinions that don't agree, it's a shame because the opinions don't agree, our big thing is to accept a different opinion, there
Our sons who do not face a different opinion, so I am a barbaric emissary as one lady wrote, so what is wrong with me, I know that I am a good person, only my actions were not good,
So I work hard to be a better person, is it really easier to be religious than to be a person?
I don't care if you believe in the stone? Just don't throw it at me?
In this section I am not a barbaric emissary? Although I grew up in the Sahara in Morocco, as a matter of fact,
We, as Jews, as the people of the book, do not respect the tragedy that the nation suffered throughout history,
Starting with the Crusaders and ending with the Inquisition, until the extermination of a Jew,
We have a severe disorder, and it is, sharp transitions, do we have sacred cows???
Is this house temporary, the Jewish people forever? I will, in my humble opinion, need re-education? We as a people
What comes from suffering, pogroms and what not? We have a house, are we a light to the Gentiles?
Are we as a people rooted in this house? Do you ever know what peace is? We only know the side of countless wars, our best sons we lose, on a global political level, we broadcast as if we are doing ourselves a favor that we exist? Is it all due to gratuitous hatred?
We are a restless people, do we have acute paranoia and a serious illness?
Do we, as a nation on whose knees Christianity and Islam arose, meet the criteria on a moral level? Beginning with divine law and applying to human law???? We as a people as a society change according to the times
According to our basic ideology, are we really on par with a democratic people?
Do we really want peace with our neighbors? who saw peace????
Is our strength not insight and understanding for our continued existence in this house?
May he make peace in his highness within us, and with our neighbors Amen
Sincerely, Sami Elkayam
Anti-Semitism from the beginning of history, the persecution of Jews to destroy them was only about religion? From the crucifixion of Jesus to Simon, who was this child not long ago, the Vatican ordered the churches to take down his statue, this statue is in the basement until his day comes,?
Anti-Semitism continued on a path, the martyred Jews in Spain, on the path of the Inquisition that came in the guise of unbelieving Christians and turned against Judaism, why didn't Christianity want to destroy us?? When religion was the sole ruler, why did they avoid destroying Judaism?? It is possible that the destruction of Judaism was avoided in my humble opinion, it is possible that the fear of proving Christianity and its existence, will be in the absence of proof as a religion on the path of doubt, therefore Judaism is an eternal proof of the Christian religion???
Since Christianity arose on the roots of Judaism, as a result of brotherly hatred that has existed in the Jewish people since time immemorial,
The National Socialism that arose in Germany under the leadership of Hitler, and the entire Nazi cabinet saw Christianity as a degenerating religion
Was Christianity a degeneration in the eyes of the Nazis?
Didn't Hitler and his gang first intend to destroy the Jewish people? The Jews were often asked to leave German soil, the main cause of anti-Semitism in the Nazi regime was economic, and the humiliation of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles,
Germany's rich Jewry contributed money to Hitler's rise to power, some left not out of prudence or wisdom, but rather there were connections between the Jewish aristocratic class and the top Nazi echelon, who fed Jews who had status, information about the intentions of the Nazi regime, and therefore many left the land of Germany before Kristallnacht? The book Mein Kap dealt with the subject of the Jews, which Hitler wrote while in prison, and where there are harsh plans against the Jew, Goebbels announced in the Reichstag, with a threatening finger on the Jewry of Germany and in general,
Until the Jews fell to the token they found themselves in the Dachau ghetto, even there it was still hard for them to believe?
When the Nazis began to accumulate victories, and turned countries that fell into their hands into slaves, the destruction of Judaism began and it was known to the world that the destruction of Judaism was taking place, Roosevelt said "The Jew is the trouble of many"
Did the Jew contribute ideas to destroy himself? Was the Jew a partner with the Nazis?? Did Judaism with all the currents within it, including Zionism, encourage the destruction of a part of Judaism? And for what?
If Annie is wrong, did Herzl also have the idea to exacerbate anti-Semitism?
On whom did the Judaism of the West and the East rely? To go as a herd to a slaughterhouse??? Who did Judaism rely on during its destruction???? Who are those Jews who were left for extermination???
This house is called Israel, is it temporary? The Jewish people is eternal, isn't this house?????
Sincerely, Sami Elkayam
I received an email:
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There are still places in Poland where there is antisemitism without Jews. And by the way, in the episode of Moody Brown's series on the history of Israeli humor, which deals with Dzigan and Schumacher, he describes sets written on the eve of World War II, which tells what happens when all the Jews leave Poland (they didn't think about the circumstances of the departure then, but still a skit), and the Poles Worried that there is no one left who knows how to make gefilte fish.
Ai... I would like to visit a universe where the holocaust really managed to wipe us all out. And see what the world says about us then and does it continue to blame the Jewish people for its ills even after there are no more Jews walking the face of the planet...
what?! Is there a connection between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?
And I thought that all the leftist organizations in Europe were just doing us a favor..