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Last update - 19:36 01/11/2007
ADL survey: 15% of Americans 'unquestionably anti-Semitic'
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Anti-Defamation League 

The Anti-Defamation League on Thursday released recent survey results which it says show 15 percent of American adults hold "unquestionably anti-Semitic" views.

The figures represent an increase of one percent since last time the survey was conducted in 2005, and contradicted a decade-long trend of reduced anti-Semitism.

The ADL, which is an international organization aiming to reduce anti-Semitism through programs and services, conducted the telephone survey of 2,000 Americans registered as voters in October. A similar survey conducted by it in 1998 showed anti-Semitism dropped from 20 percent to 12 percent over the preceding six years.
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Presenting the results of the survey at the ADL National Commission's annual meeting, National Director Abraham Foxman expressed his concern at the apparent reversal of previous trends away from anti-Semitism.

"These findings, coupled with the ongoing acts of anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes, suggest that anti-Semitic beliefs endure and resonate with a substantial segment of the population, nearly 35 million people.?

The survey found that 31 percent of participants believe Jews are more loyal to Israel than America, down from 33 percent in 2005, and that 27 percent believe Jews were responsible for the death of Christ, down from 30 percent in 2005.

A further 15 percent believed that Jews have ?too much power in the U.S.?, which remained unchanged from 2005, while 20 percent and 18 percent respectively believed Jews have too much influence in business and on Wall Street.

"When it comes to Jews, old stereotypes die hard," said Foxman, adding that ?Jewish power? has replaced many ethnic stereotypes previously attributed to Jewish Americans.


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  1.   criticizing Israel is NOT Anti-Semitic 18:25  |  POP 01/11/07
  2.   Anti-semitic 18:38  |  Joe 01/11/07
  3.   POP # 1 18:44  |  ChanahS 01/11/07
  4.   Who cares? 18:47  |  American Christian 01/11/07
  5.   It`s True 18:54  |  Rav Efraim 01/11/07
  6.   Joe 18:56  |  Ghandi 01/11/07
  7.   Is anyone else tired of Abe Foxman? 19:03  |  Jonathan 01/11/07
  8.   That means 85% Are Not 19:27  |  Yishai Kohen 01/11/07
  9.   ADL survey of anti-semitism 19:29  |  Sharonelle 01/11/07
  10.   15% of Americans 19:43  |  Steve 01/11/07
  11.   #6 20:00  |  Sol 01/11/07
  12.   Anti Arab and anti Muslim 20:02  |  Riad Elsolh Hamad 01/11/07
  13.   Criticizing Israel is not anti-semitic 20:13  |  Scharker Yid 01/11/07
  14.   POP#1 "Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism" Martin Luter King 20:17  |  Daniel 01/11/07
  15.   To POP#1, Joe#2, Ghandi#3 20:25  |  Dave 01/11/07
  16.   thanks #7 & BTW 33% of americans believe in ghosts 20:28  |  topanga 01/11/07
  17.   Daniel - Then let everything the Zionist do in Israel 20:29  |  Not Zionist Jew 01/11/07
  18.   Sol. Ghandi says... 20:31  |  Ghandi 01/11/07
  19.   Scharker Yid - Funny 20:32  |  Amer 01/11/07
  20.   So, Nu? 20:39  |  Jeremy 01/11/07
  21.   What`s the Surprise? 20:42  |  Dovy 01/11/07
  22.   OY, ABE!!!!!! 20:45  |  Brant 01/11/07
  23.   What were the questions? 20:57  |  W 01/11/07
  24.   scharker yid 21:02  |  bernard k 01/11/07
  25.   85% are not 21:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/07
  26.   Jewish people need to congregate 21:16  |  Moshe Davis 01/11/07
  27.   Anti-Semitism in America 21:18  |  Miriam 01/11/07
  28.   Now what is the percentage of Jews who are 21:20  |  evangelical 01/11/07
  29.   If calling the spade a spade is anti-Semitic, then 21:24  |  Jane 01/11/07
  30.   As long as they still send their money, who cares? 21:28  |  Natallie Durson 01/11/07
  31.   Dave #15 21:29  |  Joe 01/11/07
  32.   anti_Semitism numbers don`t tell that much 21:29  |  David Goodman 01/11/07
  33.   What is ADL`s motive? 21:34  |  dan 01/11/07
  34.   Halle Berry is not anti-semite... 21:47  |  Jan 01/11/07
  35.   Everybody Hates Everybody 22:05  |  Zionist Providence 01/11/07
  36.   The usual cry of the anti-Semite 22:15  |  Slibovitz 01/11/07
  37.   # 1 People of Palestine 22:22  |  Lynn 01/11/07
  38.   Zionist Providence - True BUT,.. 22:24  |  Pecker 01/11/07
  39.   Most Jews aren`t even Semitic - So who cares 22:34  |  Fred Farkelsteinman 01/11/07
  40.   Crank up the brain washing machine of US main-stream media 22:45  |  Hypocricy Monitor 01/11/07
  41.   "Natalie Aziza Durson" top rated anti-semite! 22:50  |  Barry 01/11/07
  42.   Zionist #35 22:55  |  John 01/11/07
  43.   Those calling themselves American here 22:57  |  not american 01/11/07
  44.   What I would like to see... 22:57  |  Veritas 01/11/07
  45.   To the curious "Evangelical" #28 23:03  |  Barry 01/11/07
  46.   anti-zionism, not anti-semitism 23:03  |  wibism 01/11/07
  47.   Wrong #s 23:17  |  American 01/11/07
  48.   # 12 Riad Elsolh Hamad 23:22  |  17 01/11/07
  49.   To Zionist Providence (#35) 23:23  |  Morris Valentine 01/11/07
  50.   15% 23:32  |  EA 01/11/07
  51.   Bush Administration 23:37  |  David Johnson 01/11/07
  52.   Bush Administration 23:37  |  David Johnson 01/11/07
  53.   Bush Administration 23:37  |  David Johnson 01/11/07
  54.   Boycott US 23:39  |  Cuckoo 01/11/07
  55.   The Torah says that Gentiles hate Jews. Period 23:50  |  Rabbi Yechiel Cohen 01/11/07
  56.   What percentage is Islamophobic? Bet it`s more than 15%. 23:51  |  Michael 01/11/07
  57.   #35 Zionist providence 00:06  |  Mark B. 02/11/07
  58.   foxman survey 00:08  |  bernie latham 02/11/07
  59.   It`s only 35 million 00:24  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/11/07
  60.   Cant trust the ADL 00:44  |  An american reader 02/11/07
  61.   Natallie 01:03  |  Judith 02/11/07
  62.   #55 question to Rabbi Cohen 01:15  |  Alex 02/11/07
  63.   #54 Cuckoo 01:19  |  Alex 02/11/07
  64.   Jane 02:00  |  judith 02/11/07
  65.   EVERYBODY is a 15 percenter 02:02  |  Zvi 02/11/07
  66.   All Gentiles Hate Jews? 02:03  |  mike davis 02/11/07
  67.   Being anti arab or anti moslem is not the sme 02:18  |  Jewboy 02/11/07
  68.   Per a 1992 AJC study,15% of USJews"strongly sympathise" w/ Kahane 02:20  |  Myrta 02/11/07
  69.   gandi 02:21  |  danny 02/11/07
  70.   Stereotype of Jews. Is it bad? Isn`t it a positive Stereotype 02:31  |  Dan 02/11/07
  71.   Sorry Mike... 02:35  |  Rabbi Yechiel Cohen 02/11/07
  72.   Scharker Yid- Like "Chosen People" 02:39  |  Harry D 02/11/07
  73.   To Jan #31 02:41  |  Peeping Tom 02/11/07
  74.