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| Jews urged to stop playing Holocaust victim |
| 2004-01-26 |
| Jews urged to stop playing Holocaust victim by Monday 26 January 2004 4:41 PM GMT The state of Israel was declared shortly after the Holocaust Jews should stop "playing the victim" for the Holocaust, European respondents to an anti-Semitism poll have said. Thirty-five per cent of those polled by the Ipso research institute said Jews "should stop playing the victim for... persecutions of 50 years ago". The poll also revealed that 46% of those asked feel Jews in their nations have a "mentality and lifestyle" different to that of other citizens. Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera commissioned the poll which was conducted in Italy, France, Belgium, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, and Britain. Middle East Conflict POLL FINDINGS - 35% said Jews should stop "playing the victim" for the Holocaust - 46% believe Jews are different - 40.5% believe Jews have "a particular relationship with money" It was released a day before many European countries mark a day of remembrance for Holocaust victims. About 40.5% said Jews in their country have "a particular relationship with money", nearly 18% said they feel Judaism is "intolerant", and almost 17% did not consider Jews "real" compatriots. The poll suggested the attitude of Europeans towards Jews was linked to criticism of Israel over the Middle East conflict. More than 71% of those polled said Israel should leave the occupied territories and Palestinians should stop attacking Israeli targets. Anti-Semitism And only 68% said they believe Israel has a right to exist, and the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is "making the wrong choices". Jewish leaders have expressed concern over the poll’s findings. "Obviously the virus of anti-Semitism is far more resilient and determined than we might have thought in the past," said Rabbi David Rosen, of the American Jewish Committee. Rosen, who is based in Israel, said he believed the rise in anti-Semitism is due to the half-century that has passed since the horrors of the last world war. "The moral implications of anti-Semitism simply don’t speak to a younger generation of Europeans" Rabbi David Rosen, The American Jewish Committee Holocaust survey "The moral implications of anti-Semitism simply don’t speak to a younger generation of Europeans," he said. "What’s more amazing than the percentage of people who hold those opinions is the percentage of people willing to express them." The poll findings come a few days after a survey found more than one in seven Britons believe the scale of the Holocaust has been exaggerated. The Jewish Chronicle survey also showed nearly 20% of those questioned believe a Jewish prime minister of Britain would be less acceptable than a member of any other faith. Another recent survey for the European Union found most people on the continent identified Israel as the biggest threat to world peace. |
| Posted by:Rabbi Katz |
| #5 Hell, probably "only" 68% think America has a right to exist, so I wouldn't sweat it. lol |
| Posted by: TS 2004-1-26 11:28:35 PM |
| #4 My hunch is this was written by the same troll who visited us last week. He posted a few articles that were attributed to Canadian newspapers, but could not be linked back to the actual source. I don't read postings that I can't check on. We were trolling along on moonlight.... |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-26 11:15:44 PM |
| #3 Human Rights Watch write this? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-26 10:09:41 PM |
| #2 Tell ya what instead Arabs should stop playing the victims of every conspiracy they can imagine up and some that are so bizarre that they MUST have been smoking some really good hashish to even put together. |
| Posted by: Val 2004-1-26 10:03:47 PM |
| #1 source? |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-1-26 9:57:21 PM |