New antisemitism is the idea that a new form of antisemitism has developed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, tending to manifest itself as anti-Zionism and criticism of the Israeli government.
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21 Facts About New antisemitism
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New antisemitism cites papers by Jacques Givet and historian Leon Poliakov discussing the idea of a new antisemitism rooted in anti-Zionism.
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New antisemitism argues that anti-Jewish themes centered on the demonical figures of Israel and what he calls "fantasy-world Zionism": that Jews plot together, seek to conquer the world, and are imperialistic and bloodthirsty, which gave rise to the reactivation of stories about ritual murder and the poisoning of food and water supplies.
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New antisemitism argued that such claims were prevalent in the Soviet Union, but added that similar rhetoric had been taken up by a part of the radical Left, particularly Trotskyist groups in Western Europe and America.
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New antisemitism advised the American Jewish community that they had two tasks to perform.
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French philosopher Pierre-Andre Taguieff argues that antisemitism based on racism and nationalism has been replaced by a new form based on anti-racism and anti-nationalism.
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New antisemitism accepts that there is reason for the Jewish community to be concerned, but argues that any increase in antisemitic incidents is attributable to classical antisemitism.
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New antisemitism argues that it is an unhelpful concept, because it devalues the term "antisemitism, " leading to widespread cynicism about the use of it.
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New antisemitism writes that most evidence purporting to show a new antisemitism has been taken from organizations that are linked in some way to Israel, or that have "a material stake in inflating the findings of anti-Semitism, " and that some antisemitic incidents reported in recent years either did not occur or were misidentified.
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Historian Bernard Lewis argues that the new antisemitism represents the third, or ideological, wave of antisemitism, the first two waves being religious and racial antisemitism.
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New antisemitism writes that what he calls the first wave of antisemitism arose with the advent of Christianity because of the Jews' rejection of Jesus as Messiah.
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New antisemitism writes that it increased because of the humiliation of the Israeli military victories of 1948 and 1967.
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New antisemitism writes that this third wave of antisemitism has in common with the first wave that Jews are able to be part of it.
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David Matas, senior counsel to B'nai B'rith Canada, has written that the UN is a forum for New antisemitism, citing the example of the Palestinian representative to the UN Human Rights Commission who claimed in 1997 that Israeli doctors had injected Palestinian children with the AIDS virus.
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New antisemitism writes that over one quarter of the resolutions condemning a state's human rights violations have been directed at Israel.
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New antisemitism has reiterated his concern that "anti-capitalist rhetoric provides intellectual fodder for far right groups".
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New antisemitism suggested that allegations of antisemitism can be often politically motivated, and that activists should avoid political simplifications that could be perceived as antisemitic:.
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