Antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes - are they linked?

For many years now, there has been a simmering debate about the relationship between antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes – one in which political interests have also come into play. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, some scholars have referred to a «new antisemitism», one that treats Israel as a kind of «collective Jew». Some scholars even believe that antisemitism today appears mainly in the guise of hostility toward Israel.

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As early as the 1980s, Werner Bergmann and Rainer Erb, with their concept of communication latency, suggested that negative statements about Israel might be a form of indirect or «detour» communication, as such statements are less negatively sanctioned than negative statements about Jews. However, there is a problem when this concept leads to a situation where almost any criticism of Israeli policies is considered a detour communication for antisemitic attitudes. This report presents an overview of surveys that have explored the relationship between antisemitism and attitudes towards Israel.

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Publisert 16. mai 2022 12:20 - Sist endret 1. juni 2023 16:40