A comprehensive survey on the state of hatred of Jews in France is a cause for concern • More than a third of respondents claimed that the disappearance of the State of Israel could be wished without being anti-Semitic • 56% estimate that anti-Semitism is more severe than 10 years ago
An antisemitic demonstration in the streets of Paris
A comprehensive survey of the current state of anti-Semitism in France reveals highly worrying data.
74% of French people claim that anti-Semitism is common in France - 20% know that anti-Semitism is very common, and 54% know that it is quite common.
Compared to the situation a decade ago, 56% of respondents estimate that anti-Semitism is more severe today, 35% claim that the state of the phenomenon remains similar to the situation ten years ago and only 9% estimate that anti-Semitism has weakened.
The survey also examined the attitudes of the French towards anti-Israel anti-Israelism: 61% do say that anti-Semites spread their ideas by criticizing Israel instead of Jews.
However, 36% of respondents, ie more than a third, estimate that the disappearance of the State of Israel can be wished without being anti-Semitic.
The survey, commissioned by the Council of Jewish Organizations in France on the 15th anniversary of the murder of Ilan Halimi by a Muslim neighbor, found that in the opinion of the French, anti-Semitism was very common among Muslims in the country.
41% of the respondents estimate that anti-Semitism is very common among Muslims and 41% claim that hatred of Jews is quite common among Muslims.
72% of respondents believe that anti-Semitism is very or quite common among immigrants and people with an immigrant background.
The findings suggest that anti-Semitism is quite common among the younger strata of the French population (42%).
Despite estimates of the extent of anti-Semitism among the country's Muslim population, 72% believe that anti-Semitism is very common among radical right-wing parties in France, compared to 38% who place anti-Semitism among radical left-wing parties.