[wvns] ADL: Jews have too much sway in US policy
ADL Report: 'Jews have too much sway in US policy'
Written by Associated Press, Jerusalem Post
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
http://www.ziopedia.org/content/view/3998/105/
Many Europeans believe the Jews dictate US policy in the Middle East,
wield disproportionate global economic influence and talk too much
about the Holocaust, according to a report released Monday by the
Anti-Defamation League.
The report's findings found that significant numbers of people in five
European countries continue to hold anti-Jewish stereotypes, said
Abraham Foxman, national director of the US group.
"A large number of Europeans continue to be infected with anti-Jewish
attitudes, holding on to classical anti-Jewish canards and conspiracy
theories," Foxman said at a news conference where he presented the
report.
The survey of 2,714 people in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland
found that 51 percent of respondents believed that Jews are more loyal
to Israel than to the countries in which they live. In the Spanish
sample, the figure was 60%. In France, only 39% agreed.
Foxman said the widely-held belief in dual allegiances was
particularly troubling.
"Disloyalty is a classical canard of anti-Semitism," Foxman said.
"Hitler did not begin with Aryan supremacy. Hitler began with charging
the Jews of not being good Germans, of selling out Germany for their
own interest."
The statement that "Jews still talk too much about what happened to
them in the Holocaust" was seen as "probably true" by 58% of poll
respondents in Poland, where many of the World War II Nazi death camps
were located. The average for the five countries polled was 47% in
agreement.
Poles were also most likely to subscribe to another long-standing
belief, with 39% of respondents there saying they somewhat agree or
strongly agree that the Jews "are responsible for the death of
Christ." Overall agreement with that statement was 20%.
An average of 44% across the countries surveyed said Jews "probably"
have too much influence on international financial markets, while
close to half believe that "American Jews control US policy in the
Middle East," the report said.
Thirty-nine percent of those surveyed said they believed that Jews had
too much power in the business world.
In each country surveyed, anti-Jewish stereotypes were more widely
believed by those over 65 and those without a college education, the
report said, adding that negative attitudes toward Jews had worsened
in some areas and remained unchanged in others, compared to a similar
survey in 2005.
Foxman said the results showed a "significant relationship" exists
between attitudes to Jews and events in the Middle East.
On the Israeli-Arab conflict, a majority of respondents believed
Israel had no right to use military force against Lebanon last summer
after Hizbullah fighters kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, the report said.
Overall, a majority of respondents considered Hamas a terrorist
organization and supported withholding foreign aid to the coalition
Palestinian government in which Hamas is a partner, until its leaders
renounce violence against Israel and recognize its right to exist.
The survey was conducted by London-based Taylor Nelson Sofres from
March 21 through April 16. The margin of error was 4 percentage points.
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