Arab Israelis shop in a Jerusalem market.
“The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; He will remove His people’s disgrace from all the earth.” (Isaiah 25:8)
In an unprecedented global survey, the Anti-Defamation League has found that more than one in four adults worldwide (1.09 billion people) hold deeply stereotypical and negative views toward Jews, with the top 16 countries having the greatest percentages of anti-Semitism found in the Middle East.
Greece and Turkey tie for 17th with Eastern Europe and other Muslim-based nations ranking close behind.
Judea-Samaria-Gaza, Iraq, and Yemen top the charts with index scores of 93%, 92% and 88%, respectively.
Palestinians aged 50 and older scored high at 98%, with their younger counterparts in the 18–49 range scoring 92%, the study concluded.
“For the first time we have a real sense of how pervasive and persistent anti-Semitism is today around the world,” said Abraham H. Foxman, national director of ADL. “We can now identify hotspots, as well as countries and regions of the world where hatred of Jews is essentially nonexistent.” (Times of Israel)
Foxman, who was rescued by a Polish Catholic woman during the Holocaust, was troubled that only 54% of respondents had heard of the Holocaust.
In addition, only one in three people throughout the world believe the Holocaust has been described accurately.
Jews await selection at Auschwitz: those not deemed fit to work were sent directly to the gas chambers.
According to the poll data, Protestant-majority nations are on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to anti-Semitism.
The scores reported only 9% of people surveyed in the United States are anti-Semitic, a drop from 29% in a 1964 ADL survey. (Wall Street Journal)
Laos had the lowest percentage at 0.2%; then the Philippines, 3%; and Sweden 4%.
First International Resources ran the poll for sponsor ADL, compiling “The ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism” from the responses of 53,100 adults in 102 territories and countries. (Haaretz)
“Hear Me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken My instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults.” (Isaiah 51:7)
Israeli seniors play backgammon, one of the oldest board games between two players.
