Antisemitism : Racism Review

Antisemitism is discrimination against Jewish people. Historically Jews have suffered discrimination and victimization, culmination in the Holocaust, an attempt to annihilate the Jewish people which led to the deaths of six million. Jewish people continue to suffer physical and verbal attacks. Modern forms of antisemitism include Holocaust denial, hate crimes and anti-Zionism, the denial of the right of statehood for Jewish people. While the term antisemitism developed in the 19th century, the phenomenon dates back to the beginning of the Christian era.

Antisemitism was mentioned in the Declaration at WCAR where it was equated with Islamophobia so is on the agenda for the Durban Review Conference. But WCAR and, in particular the NGO forum and demonstrations surrounding the Conference were also the scene of antisemitism.

Articles on Antisemitism

  • Questions and Answers
    A series of questions and answers on the topic of antisemitism
  • Jewish Resources on Durban
    The World Zionist Organization is maintaining a page of resources on the Durban Review Conference where Iran has made antisemitic statements attacking Jews and Zionism
  • Deborah Stone, Antisemitism on the Internet, Australian Jewish News, 29 August 2008
    The internet has become, among all its other activities, the most effective purveyor of antisemitic canards since the Nazi publication Der Sturmer went out of business with the end of World War II.
  • The Hoax of Hate: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, ADC Special Reports
    In a rational world, a paranoid forgery, written by a little-known public servant in a country far away a century ago, would arouse little interest, except perhaps amongst students of political and psychological deviance. Unfortunately, all the people of the world are not equally rational. We are again living at a time when insane and dangerous ideologies are once more threatening the lives of ordinary people. The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are perhaps the clearest example in history of extreme antisemitic propaganda designed to incite people to evil actions.

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