Anti-Semitic Views Now ‘At Rates Unseen For Decades,’ ADL Finds
It was once thought that anti-Semitism was literally dying out of the country but it’s having a resurgence instead, The Washington Post reported in its article on the survey.
The survey shows “antisemitism in its classical fascist form is emerging again in American society, where Jews are too secretive and powerful, working against interests of others, not sharing values, exploiting — the classic conspiratorial tropes,” Matt Williams, vice president of the ADL’s year-old Center for Antisemitism Research, told The Washington Post.
The ADL survey asked more than 4,000 individuals to rate the truthfulness of 14 statements describing different traditional anti-Jewish tropes. They included such statements as Jews “have too much power in the business world” (26% rated that mostly or somewhat true); are “so shrewd that other people do not have a fair chance at competition (24%); and “are more willing than others to use shady practices to get what they want” (20%).
I would argue that the government of Israel is part of the problem. From the ADL’s summary: