{"id":804,"date":"2011-10-27T22:27:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T21:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?p=804"},"modified":"2014-05-22T20:31:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:31:26","slug":"runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2011\/10\/27\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Runaway Anti-Semitism in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-805\" title=\"soeren kern anti semitism italy 1\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Forty-four percent of Italians are prejudiced or hostile towards Jews, according to a new research study released by the Italian Parliament on October 17.<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Runaway Anti-Semitism in Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | Hudson NY | October 27, 2011<\/p>\n<p>Forty-four percent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/politica\/2011\/10\/16\/news\/il_44_degli_italiani_ostile_agli_ebrei_l_antisemitismo_si_diffonde_sul_web-23315710\/\">Italians are prejudiced or hostile towards Jews<\/a>, according to a new research study released by the Italian Parliament on October 17.<\/p>\n<p>The report titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.camera.it\/453?shadow_organo_parlamentare=1496&amp;bollet=_dati\/leg16\/lavori\/bollet\/201110\/1006\/html\/0103#allegato\">Final Document: Investigation on Anti-Semitism<\/a>\u201d was commissioned by the Committee for the Inquiry into Anti-Semitism of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament. The 50-page document is the culmination of more than two years of research and parliamentary hearings.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry found that nearly half of all Italians say they feel no sympathy whatsoever toward the Jews. There has also been an exponential proliferation of anti-Semitic Internet websites and social networks in Italy. Moreover, the level of hatred against the State of Israel in many cases passes the limits of legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and aims to the destruction of the Jews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been attempting to understand the new aspects of this phenomenon, which is as aggressive and genocidal as it always was, but it is presently hiding itself by assuming new forms,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiammanirenstein.com\/index.asp\">Fiamma Nirenstein<\/a>, the Italian MP who chaired the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The report says that Italians harbor varying degrees of hostility towards Jews, ranging from traditional anti-Jewish stereotypes to full-blown anti-Semitism. The report says Italians holding anti-Semitic views can be broken down into four general categories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-806\" title=\"soeren kern anti semitism italy\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first group, which comprises about 10% of the Italian population, holds what the report classifies as \u201ctraditional\u201d anti-Jewish views. These include stereotypes such as \u201cJews are not fully Italian,\u201d \u201cYou can never really trust them,\u201d and \u201cWhen it comes down to it, they have always lived at the expense of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report says the second group (11% of the population) holds what it classifies as \u201cmodern\u201d anti-Semitic views. These include stereotypes such as \u201cthe Jews are rich and powerful,\u201d \u201cJews control and direct politics, the media and the banks,\u201d and \u201cJews are more faithful to Israel than to the country of their birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third group (12% of Italians) holds \u201ccontingent\u201d anti-Semitic views such as \u201cJews use the Shoah [Holocaust] to justify Israeli policy,\u201d \u201cJews talk too much about their own tragedies and disregard the tragedies of other people\u201d and \u201cThe Jews behave like Nazis with the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report cites a fourth group, which it classifies as the \u201cpure anti-Semites\u201d (12% of Italians). Those classified within this group hold all of the elements of the other three forms of Italian anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry says the Internet is partly responsible for fuelling an increase in Italian anti-Semitism. The document notes an \u201calarming increase\u201d in anti-Semitic websites and social networks. In 2008, for example, there were 836 websites spreading anti-Semitic views in Italy. In 2009, this figure jumped to 1,172 such sites, an increase of 40%. Many of the owners of these websites manage to evade Italian authorities because they often register their domain names in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2011, for example, an Italian website called for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/cronaca\/2011\/07\/21\/news\/blacklist_ebrei-19427421\/\">\u201cblacklisting\u201d of more than 160 Jewish professors<\/a> who teach at Italian universities. The website accused the Jewish professors of \u201cmanipulating the minds of students\u201d and \u201cseeking to control Italian universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other websites include blacklists that include names of Jewish magistrates who serve in Italian courts, as well as lists of businesses, restaurants, butcher shops and pastry shops owned by Italian Jews.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-807\" title=\"soeren kern anti semitism italy 3\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anti-Semitism in Italy is also being fomented by Muslim immigrants who have established links with left-wing and right-wing extremists to carry out attacks on local Jewish communities, their synagogues, schools and cemeteries, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2011, for example, pro-Palestinian and left-wing activists threatened to \u201cignite\u201d the city of Milan to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4078855,00.html\">protest an exhibit celebrating Israeli culture.<\/a> The \u201cUnexpected Israel\u201d exhibition, which showcased Israeli culture, technology, agriculture, economics and art to present \u201cthe unfamiliar Israel\u201d went ahead as planned on Milan\u2019s Piazza Duomo central square. But city police refused to handle security for the event due to the threats of violence. Petitions issued by pro-Palestinian activists groups stated \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.controkermessemilano.com\/sites\/default\/files\/volantino_ridotto_inglese.pdf\">No to the Israeli occupation of Milano<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also in June, the city of Turin hosted a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/antisemitism.org.il\/article\/65406\/hate-statue-shoes-thrown-image-peres\">cultural festival<\/a>\u201d where the image of Israeli President Shimon Peres was used as a shoe-throwing target. For one euro, Italian students had the chance to hit the face of Israel\u2019s president, who was fitted with a Nazi-style Jewish nose.<\/p>\n<p>In other cases, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-3984097,00.html\">Israeli students at the University of Genoa<\/a> have been harassed and threatened with death by Arab students. Muslim students shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d (God is great) and \u201cItbach el Yahud\u201d (slaughter the Jews). Israeli students at the University of Turin have been hiding their Jewish identity because they risk becoming a target.<\/p>\n<p>The report also discusses the growing phenomenon of anti-Semitism disguised as criticism of the State of Israel. Boycotts of Israel are becoming commonplace in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdsmovement.net\/2010\/two-of-italys-biggest-supermarket-chains-suspend-sales-of-settlement-produce-694#.TqgvZXIWd2I\">two Italian supermarkets<\/a> recently announced they would stop selling Israeli products as they could not differentiate whether they came from Israel or the \u201coccupied territories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grocery chain Coop Italia issued a statement saying that they had a problem with \u201ctraceability, namely that the consumer is unable to verify whether or not the product in question comes from the occupied territories.\u201d Anti-Israel activists said the boycott was \u201can important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-810\" title=\"soeren kern anti semitism italy 2\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A group of Italian university professors has called for an academic boycott of Israel to protest \u201cagainst university and cultural discrimination of the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report documents other cases of anti-Semitism in Italy and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osservatorioantisemitismo.it\/\">Italian Observatory on Anti-Semitism<\/a> also compiles copious data on the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry\u2019s findings are in line with other research on Italian anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>A study recently published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a think-tank affiliated with Germany\u2019s Social Democratic Party, reveals high levels of anti-Semitism in Italy and a strong presence of anti-Semitism that is linked with Israel and is hidden behind criticism of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The April 2011 report titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fes-gegen-rechtsextremismus.de\/pdf_11\/FES-Study%2BIntolerance,%2BPrejudice%2Band%2BDiscrimination.pdf\">Intolerance, Prejudice and Discrimination: A European Report<\/a>\u201d questioned roughly 1,000 people in eight European countries. The study found that 37.6% of Italians believe \u201cIsrael is conducting a war of extermination against the Jews.\u201d More than 40% of Italians believe \u201cJews try to take advantage of having been victims of the Nazi era.\u201d More than 25% of Italians agree with the statement: \u201cConsidering Israel\u2019s policy, I can understand why people do not like Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June 2010, the Vienna-based <a href=\"http:\/\/fra.europa.eu\/fraWebsite\/racism_and_xenophobia\/ar2010_part2_en.htm\">European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights<\/a> published an annual report stating that anti-Semitism has grown steadily in Italy over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2008, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osservatorioantisemitismo.it\/Scheda_del_documento.asp?docid=4729&amp;idmacro=1&amp;n_macro=&amp;idtipo=56&amp;idfiglio=120&amp;documento=Ebrei,%20l%27Italia%20%E8%20il%20paese%20dei%20pregiudizi\">national survey<\/a> published by the Italian leftwing newspaper L\u2019Unit\u00e0 found widespread negative attitudes towards Jews with 23% of the respondents stating that Jews cannot be considered \u201ccompletely Italians,\u201d 39% stating that Jews have a \u201cspecial relationship with money,\u201d and 11% stating that \u201cJews lie about the Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In May 2005, the New York-based Anti-Defamation League published a survey called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adl.org\/anti_semitism\/european_attitudes_may_2005.pdf\">Attitudes Toward Jews in Twelve European Countries<\/a>.\u201d It found that 66% of Italians believe \u201cJews are more loyal to Israel than this country.\u201d Nearly 50% of Italians said \u201cJews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust.\u201d More than 50% of Italians say their opinion of Jews is worse because of policies taken by the State of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>A previous poll, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertysecurity.org\/IMG\/pdf\/fl151_iraq_full_report.pdf\">Iraq and Peace in the World<\/a>,\u201d commissioned by the European Union in November 2003, found that 48% of Italians consider Israel to be the greatest threat to world peace.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are \u201cvery disturbing,\u201d says Fiamma Nirenstein, the Italian MP who chaired the inquiry. She says it was a \u201cshock for everybody to see how much anti-Semitism exists in Italy and Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudson-ny.org\/2538\/anti-semitism-italy\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson NY<\/a> on October 27, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-four percent of Italians are prejudiced or hostile towards Jews, according to a new research study released by the Italian Parliament on October 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[44,185],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-anti-semitism-2","tag-european-anti-semitism","tag-italy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Runaway Anti-Semitism in Italy - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2011\/10\/27\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Runaway Anti-Semitism in Italy - Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Forty-four percent of Italians are prejudiced or hostile towards Jews, according to a new research study released by the Italian Parliament on October 17.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2011\/10\/27\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Soeren Kern | Geopolitical Perspectives on Europe, America and the Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-27T21:27:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-05-22T19:31:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Soeren Kern\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Soeren Kern\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/27\\\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/27\\\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Soeren Kern\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/398976192ef9b41439530e643f131b36\"},\"headline\":\"Runaway Anti-Semitism in Italy\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-27T21:27:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-22T19:31:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/27\\\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1286,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/27\\\/runaway-anti-semitism-in-italy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soerenkern.com\\\/web\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/12\\\/soeren-kern-anti-semitism-italy-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"european anti-semitism\",\"Italy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Anti-Semitism &amp; 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