{"id":75772,"date":"2020-01-27T17:05:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75772"},"modified":"2020-01-24T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T07:45:09","slug":"24-05-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=75772","title":{"rendered":"French Jews and Non-Jews deeply concerned about rising antisemitism – poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>French Jews and Non-Jews deeply concerned about rising antisemitism – poll<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

ILANIT CHERNICK <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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73% of the French public and 72% of Jews \u2018consider antisemitism a problem that affects all of French society.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

People attend a national gathering to protest antisemitism and the rise of anti-Semitic attacks in the Place de la Republique in Paris. \/ (photo credit: GONZALO FUENTES \/ REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a widening consensus among both Jews and non-Jews in France that antisemitism in the country is a serious problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a survey released by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Paris on Monday, nearly 73% of the French public, and 72% of Jews, \u201cconsider antisemitism a problem that affects all of French society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The survey also found that 47% of the general public and 67% of the Jewish respondents said the level of antisemitism in France is high, while 27% and 22%, respectively, say it is low.<\/span><\/p>\n

The survey was conducted by IFOP, a leading polling firm, in partnership with Fondapol, a major French think tank. They polled 505 French Jews and 1027 French people between October 14 and November 19, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked about the response to antisemitism by elected officials, the survey found that Jews and the general public are in agreement about how it\u2019s being handled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Less than half Jewish and non-Jewish population have confidence in the way French President Emmanuel Macron and his government are dealing with antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly 47% of Jews and 48% of the general public have confidence in the President of France tackling antisemitism,\u201d AJC Paris said, adding that \u201c46% of Jews and 41% of the public have confidence in the French government\u2019s [approach], while 58% of Jews and 56% of the public [have faith] in local elected officials.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Anne-Sophie Sebban-B\u00e9cache, director of AJC Paris, said that \u201cantisemitism has become a concern for French society as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not considered anymore as only the concern of Jews,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cWe are not as alone as we could have felt in the past to fight this scourge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the AJC Paris survey, 70% of French Jews also commented that they have been victims of at least one antisemitic incident in their lifetime, while 64% said they had suffered antisemitic verbal abuse at least once, and 23% have been targets of physical violence on at least one occasion, with 10% said they had been attacked several times.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also pointed it out that the younger generation of Jews, aged between 18 and 24, were on the \u201c\u2018frontline\u2019 more than older cohorts in confronting antisemitism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The survey stated that 84% of this younger generation had suffered at last one antisemitic act, compared with 70% of all respondents; while 79% said they had suffered verbal abuse, compared with 64% of overall respondents not in this category, while 39% said they had faced an act of physical aggression, compared with 23% of the entire Jewish sample.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visibly religious French Jews also said that they felt the most vulnerable, the survey stressed, with 74% of them saying they had been a victim of at least one act of verbal abuse, compared with 64% of the full Jewish sample.<\/span>
\nThe main locations where antisemitic incidents have occured are in the street and at school. Just over half of those surveyed, 55%, said \u201cthey had been insulted or threatened on the street, and 59% said they had suffered physical abuse in the school,\u201d with 54% saying they were victims of verbal abuse, and 26% saying they had been victims of antisemitic violence in schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

The workplace was also found to be a hot-bed for antisemitism with 46% of Jews surveyed saying they had been victim to verbal abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a separate poll published late Monday by the French channel of the i24News, 60% of all Israelis said they believe that the lives of French Jews are unsafe, while 62% of Jewish respondents called for French Jews to immigrate to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The poll was released ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at Yad Vashem.<\/span><\/p>\n

The survey, which was also conducted by the IFOP Research Institute polled 1020 Israelis from the Jewish and Arab population ahead of the conference.<\/span>
\nIt found that 68% of Jewish respondents, and 60% of all respondents, believed that the lives of French Jews are in danger. About 7% of respondents believed it\u2019s better for them to stay in their country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other concerning results found that 77% of Israeli respondents felt that the cause of antisemitism in France is because of Muslims – 92% who addressed this question were Jewish, while 15% were Arab.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 61% of Israelis think that the far-Right are behind antisemitism, with 45% of Israelis saying the extreme leftists are behind antisemitism, while 22% saying Christians are behind antisemitism in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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