“Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews\f which may be e\bpressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physi\wcal manifestations\w of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals a\wnd/or their property\f toward Jewish community ins\wtitutions and religious facilities\w.” WORKING DEFINITION\b of ANTI-SEMITISM \b b\f the E\bropean Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES Of ANTI-SEMITISM ■■Calling for, aiding, or justi\efying the \filling o\er harming of Jews \boften in the name of a radic\eal ideology or an e\extremist view of religion). ■■Ma\fing mendacious, d\eehumanizing, demoni\ezing, or stereotypical allegations about J\eews as such or the po\ewer of Jews as a collective— especially but not ex\eclusively, the myth about a \eworld Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, ec\eonomy, government or other societal inst\eitutions. ■■Accusing Jews as a people of bein\eg responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed \eby a single Jewish person or group, the state of Israel, or even for acts committ\eed by non-Jews. ■■Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, o\ef inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust. ■■Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the al\eleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than t\eo the interest of their own nations. U N I T E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F S T A T E6/8/10
WhAT IS ANTI-SEMITISM RELATI\fE TO ISRAEL? EXAMPLES of the wa\nys in whi\fh anti-Semitism manifests it\nself with \bega\bd to the state of Is\bael, taking into a\n\f\fount the ove\ball \fontext \fould in\fl\nude: DEMONIZE ISRAEL: ■■Using the symbols an\ed images associated\e with classic anti-\eSemitism to characterize Israel or Israelis ■■Drawing comparisons o\ef contemporary Israeli policy to tha\et of the Nazis ■■Blaming Israel for all inter\e-religious or politica\el tensions DOUBLE STANDARD FOR ISRAEL:\n ■■Applying double stand\eards by requiring of it a be\ehavior not expected o\er demanded of any oth\eer democratic natio\en ■■Multilateral organiz\eations focusing on\e Israel only for peace \eor human rights investigations DELEGITIMIZE ISRAE\nL: ■■Denying the Jewish people their righ\et to self-determinat\eion, and denying Israel the right to \eexist However, criticism of Israel similar to tha\dt leveled a\fainst any oth\der country cannot \be re\farded as anti-Semitic. U N I T E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T O F S T A T E6/8/10