Study finds 2014 was worst year for attacks on Jews - anti-semitism on rise

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"Last year was one of the worst in a decade for violent anti-Semitic incidents, according to an annual study released Wednesday that tracked reported instances of threats and violence against Jews all around the world.

The report by Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry tracked thousands of incidents of anti-Semitism and counted 766 violent anti-Semitic acts including attacks, vandalism at cemeteries and religious sites, and direct threats against persons or institutions such as synagogues, schools, community centers and private properties.

Most of the incidents came in Europe and the United States.

“The overall feeling among many Jewish people is one of living in an intensifying anti-Jewish environment that has become not only insulting and threatening, but outright dangerous,” said the report’s authors. “They are facing an explosion of hatred towards them as individuals, their communities, and Israel, as a Jewish state.”

The 766 cases marked a sharp increase of 38 percent over the previous year in which 554 incidents of anti-Semitism were reported. According to the study, it was the second worst year after 2009, when 1,118 incidents were recorded.

“You don’t have to be a mathematician to see an obvious trend here,” said Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, at a congressional hearing last month on anti-Semitism. “There is a hatred growing throughout Europe that is causing Jews to wonder if they should leave. They are asking if there is a future for Jews on that continent.”

The Kantor Center’s report ranks France as the site of the most instances of violence targeting Jews and Jewish sites, with 164 of the total attacks occurring there. Of the rest, 141 occurred in Britain, 80 were reported from the United States and 76 from Germany. For many of these countries, 2014 represented a steep increase in anti-Semitic incidents.

 

"The researchers said the increase in attacks on Jews in 2014 reflected in part political passions raised by last summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as well as to what they called a “general climate of hatred and violence” fostered by the rise of the Islamic State group in the Middle East. The 2009 surge coincided with another period of tension, after an Israeli military operation in Gaza."

I'm honestly.. shocked. This passage is in the middle of the article and you left it out on purpose since you quoted almost everything else in it. Way to go.

With the perceived rise of anti-Semitism, Roger Cukierman, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France, told the Capitol Hill hearing he believes that simply leaving Europe isn’t an option, since for many Jews Europe is as much a part of the culture as anywhere else.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decried the rise of violent anti-Semitic attacks and even questioned recently whether Jews should feel safe in Europe. Mr. Netanyahu has cited rising hostility to the Jews as one reason to be suspicious of the proposed nuclear deal with Iran, Israel’s arch enemy, now being negotiated by the Obama administration and its international partners.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/15/anti-semitism-on-rise-study-finds-2014-was-worst-y/#ixzz3Yiz3jJ9N 
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Leave it to Netanyahu to imply that the West is planning another Jewish extermination.

And even more disturbing: there is not one mention of a proposed source for this rise of conflict. Where does it come from? What are the reasons? What are the motivations for hatred among antisemites? Seems to be an important thing to mention if you're interested in making a change.

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Anti-Semitism is awful and should never be condoned.

Leave it to Netanyahu to imply that the West is planning another Jewish extermination.

And even more disturbing: there is not one mention of a proposed source for this rise of conflict. Where does it come from? What are the reasons? What are the motivations for hatred among antisemites? Seems to be an important thing to mention if you're interested in making a change.

​Not even sure how he managed to cram a mention of Iran into that, especially since the article places the blame on Europe  As for the reason for the attacks; it's obvious but still not justified. 

[Didymus 34,380]

Oooh here we go. You left it out.

"The researchers said the increase in attacks on Jews in 2014 reflected in part political passions raised by last summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as well as to what they called a “general climate of hatred and violence” fostered by the rise of the Islamic State group in the Middle East. The 2009 surge coincided with another period of tension, after an Israeli military operation in Gaza."

I'm honestly.. shocked. This passage is in the middle of the article and you left it out on purpose since you quoted almost everything else in it. Way to go.

[Melech 9,900]

Oooh here we go. You left it out.

"The researchers said the increase in attacks on Jews in 2014 reflected in part political passions raised by last summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as well as to what they called a “general climate of hatred and violence” fostered by the rise of the Islamic State group in the Middle East. The 2009 surge coincided with another period of tension, after an Israeli military operation in Gaza."

I'm honestly.. shocked. This passage is in the middle of the article and you left it out on purpose since you quoted almost everything else in it. Way to go.

​because that's bullshiit. Israel is maybe one factor, but europes anti-semitism is deeply rooted. 

 

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​because that's bullshiit. Israel is maybe one factor, but europes anti-semitism is deeply rooted. 

​This research was conducted by Israeli researchers

I don't get it, you're willing to share the results but disrespect their conclusions about them without even reading the report itself? Messed up, dude.

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Maybe i'm ignorant but I don't really understand why jews get treated more like a race then they do a religion

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Maybe i'm ignorant but I don't really understand why jews get treated more like a race then they do a religion

​Most people regard them both as a religion and race; http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/dna-links-prove-jews-are-a-race-says-genetics-expert-1.428664 

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​This research was conducted by Israeli researchers

I don't get it, you're willing to share the results but disrespect their conclusions about them without even reading the report itself? Messed up, dude.

​I know and I acknowledge that. okay, maybe i made a mistake

but i read the report 

[Didymus 34,380]

Maybe i'm ignorant but I don't really understand why jews get treated more like a race then they do a religion

​Because they claim to be a race. It's possible to be a Jew without believing in God. Actually Jewish atheism is on a spectacular rise, especially in the U.S. Their bloodlines are supposed to go back to ancient times (though this has been debated many times by modern researchers) because of the strict rules surrounding marriage. It's an axiom that you can't be a Jew unless you're born of a Jewish mother. So you could say it's a race, I guess.

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​because that's bullshiit. Israel is maybe one factor, but europes anti-semitism is deeply rooted. 

 

​Europe's anti-Semitism is deeply rooted (I presume; there's very little of it here cus we have our own problems) - but that doesn't explain why 2014 in particular of this decade had the most incidents and attacks. 

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Oooh here we go. You left it out.

"The researchers said the increase in attacks on Jews in 2014 reflected in part political passions raised by last summer’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as well as to what they called a “general climate of hatred and violence” fostered by the rise of the Islamic State group in the Middle East. The 2009 surge coincided with another period of tension, after an Israeli military operation in Gaza."

I'm honestly.. shocked. This passage is in the middle of the article and you left it out on purpose since you quoted almost everything else in it. Way to go.

​Mhm, sounds familiar.

 

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Anti-semitism is sh*t. You can disagree with a lot of Israel's decisions and give valid critizism, but that does not mean that hating Jewish people is justified.

[Melech 9,900]

​Mhm, sounds familiar.

 

​You know, the thing is once you say you are of Jewish mother, jokes about Holocaust, Jewish appearance etc come up and it's not always Muslims, it's also from "ethnic" Europeans. I

That are reason why I hided that I'm of Jewish ancestry for a long time (even on GGD) but I finally acknowledge it and tbh I'm also proud of it. 

[Melech 9,900]

​Europe's anti-Semitism is deeply rooted (I presume; there's very little of it here cus we have our own problems) - but that doesn't explain why 2014 in particular of this decade had the most incidents and attacks. 

​On of then biggest problems is that some especially right and left people using Israel to be anti-semitic. 

In my city for example is the so called Montagsmahnwache (funny,it's always on Saturdays but it has Monday in its name) which is for freedom but beats you up if you are Jewish.