‘Global emergency’: Nearly half the world’s adults hold antisemitic views — ADL survey

"Nearly half of all adults worldwide hold significant antisemitic views and younger people are more likely to discriminate against Jews, according to an Anti-Defamation League survey released on Tuesday.

The global survey asked 58,000 respondents in 103 counties and territories if they agreed with 11 antisemitic tropes, such as ‘Jews’ loyalty is only to Israel’ and ‘Jews have too much power in the business world.’

If respondents believed that more than half of the statements were true, they were categorized as having ‘significant antisemitic beliefs,’ ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt said in a briefing, calling the findings a ‘global emergency.’

‘Why do attitudes matter so much? Because attitudes lead to action. When antisemitic views are normalized, when anti-Jewish bigotry takes root, it creates an environment where Jews become more vulnerable,’ he said, tying the antisemitic views to incidents such as the attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam in November.

In total, 46 percent of adults backed a majority of the antisemitic tropes, representing around 2.2 billion people.

The level of antisemitism varied widely by country and region. The Middle East and North Africa had the highest levels, with around three-quarters of respondents endorsing a majority of the antisemitic statements. Antisemitism was most prevalent in the West Bank and Gaza at 97%, followed by Kuwait and Bahrain. Fifty-nine percent of the region held a favorable view of the Hamas terror group..."