OPINION: Today’s anti-Semitism nothing new

[Behind the Aegis]

In a recent article in The Guardian, “Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis,’” Jon Henley quotes Yonathan Arfi of France’s Jewish organization Crif, who “’utterly rejected’ the view that the latest increase in antisemitic incidents (screaming ‘Death to Jews’) was down to events in Gaza. ‘They have laid bare something far more profound.’”

Arfi refers to what Dieter Graumann, the president of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, tells The Guardian’s Henley:

“’On the streets, you hear things like “the Jews should be gassed” ... we haven’t had that in Germany for decades. Anyone saying those slogans isn’t criticizing Israeli politics, it’s just pure hatred against Jews.’”

And in the Aug. 5 New York Post, The National Review’s penetrating editor, Rich Lowry, reports: “Some of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world — Paris, Berlin, London — have witnessed demonstrations airing hatreds associated with Europe’s darkest crimes.”

He also cites Scotland and Italy, adding: “Even before the Gaza War raised the temperature, the new anti-Semitism was making itself felt. Earlier this year, the Israeli immigration ministry did a survey that showed that two-thirds of France’s Jews are considering leaving the country.”

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