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December 12, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.jcpa.org/phas/phas-16.htm

European Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism: Similarities and Differences

(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Interview with Andrei S. Markovits - Anti-Semitism in Europe goes back a thousand years. Anti-Americanism emerged more than 200 years ago among European elites. Current European prejudices are enhanced by the Europeans' perception of how America and Israel use power. America and Jews are seen by many Europeans as paragons of a modernity they dislike and distrust, and thus hostile to established traditions and values. Anti-Americanism fulfills a structural role in helping to create a European identity. Anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism are the only major icons shared by the European extreme left and far right, including neo-Nazis.

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