Meet the new anti-Semitism

Same as the old anti-Semitism.

"Many European countries are reporting spikes in anti-semitic incidents in which Jewish cemeteries and synagogues are defaced, Jewish students are threatened on their way to school. Rabbis and Chassidic Jews are being attacked physically.

"Classic state-sponsored anti-semitism is promoted through the Saudi bank-rolling of Wahabi mosques in Europe, which preach hate against Jews and Israel — a practice that remains unchallenged by many European politicians. An even more pernicious and widespread form of anti-semitism is to hold every Jew accountable for what happens in Israel, and to paint the Jewish state as a Nazi or apartheid entity.

"These forces have combined into what can only be called a new anti-semitism, which has become part of contemporary European politics. A wake-up call is needed before it is too late.

"This week, Canada’s parliament begins its own inquiry into anti-semitism. The work is urgent and timely: Just days ago, Jew-haters daubed swastikas on a Jewish cemetery in Ottawa. Europeans and Canadians cannot ignore a state of affairs in which Jews face attacks, and anti-semitism is reborn as contemporary politics."

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