Language:
German
Year of publication:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik
Angaben zur Quelle:
10 (2002) 1245-1253
Keywords:
Antisemitism History 1945-
;
Anti-Zionism
Abstract:
Criticizes the view that a "new antisemitism" erupted with the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000; this event was followed by a wave of attacks on Jewish property and institutions, especially in European countries with large Muslim minorities. Propagators of this view claim that the period 2000-02 saw "the worst antisemitic days since the end of World War II", and that we are witnessing a "new antisemitism" in the form of criticism of Israel which is so hostile that it can only be explained as hatred of Jews. However, most supporters of the idea of a "new antisemitism" distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israeli government policies at one end of the spectrum and denial of the right of Israel to exist at the other end. Argues that it is absurd to compare anti-Jewish incidents today with incidents in the past, e.g. with the pogrom in Kielce in 1946 or with the mass expulsion of 15,000 Jews from Poland in 1968.
Note:
A longer English version appeared as "Sense on antisemitism" in "Prospect" 77 (2002), and in "A New Antisemitism? Debating Judeophobia in 21st-Century Britain" (2003) 54-67.
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