Over the past decade, anti-Semitic views have become even deeper in people’s minds. This is the result of a global survey that confirms that almost half of the world’s population has negative attitudes towards Jews. Particularly alarming: the Holocaust is increasingly forgotten…
This is evident from the latest survey “The ADL Global 100”, which was released on Tuesday in New York by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), according to Kathpress. According to this study, 46 percent of the world’s adult population – an estimated 2.2 billion people – harbor “deeply held anti-Semitic attitudes.”
This is more than twice the number in the first global survey a decade ago and the highest value since the US civil rights organization campaigning against anti-Semitism surveyed the global trend.
Holocaust is forgotten
The research showed, among other things, that a fifth of adults worldwide have never heard of the Holocaust. Less than half (48 percent) recognize the historic event of the Holocaust; among 18 to 34 year olds this figure drops to 39 percent.
Just over half of those surveyed agreed with the statement that Jews are only loyal to the state of Israel and have too much influence in the business world. Nearly 50 percent are convinced that anti-Semitism can be explained by the behavior of the Jews themselves.
According to the study, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as Kuwait and Indonesia, are among the countries and territories with the highest levels of anti-Semitism, each at almost 100 percent. They are lowest in Sweden, Norway, Canada and the Netherlands, each at less than 10 percent.
Jews in Austria are relatively safe
Austria comes in 13th place in the survey, with neighboring country Germany in seventh place. Jews are much less likely to be treated with hostility here. Nevertheless, according to the report, around 1.2 million people in Austria “have increased anti-Semitic attitudes”.
The question was also asked about the correspondence with historical facts such as the Holocaust. Furthermore, Austria has 16 index points among the 100 countries with the lowest anti-Semitic attitudes – the higher this number, the higher the percentage of those who answered anti-Semitic stereotypes with “definitely true” or “probably true”.
Josef Schuster, chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the newspaper “Die Welt” (Wednesday): “Overt anti-Semitism is an everyday phenomenon in Western Europe – that is depressing.” Schuster welcomed the “social norm” that exists in Germany. Assessment of Nazi crimes applies, but this cannot be particularly reassuring given the large number of anti-Semitic incidents.
The ‘ADL Global 100’ survey is the world’s most comprehensive survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The latest survey surveyed more than 58,000 adults from 103 countries and territories. The survey is representative of 94 percent of the world’s adult population.
Source: Krone
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