Relative antisemitism amongst different peoples (25 August, 2014, 29 Av, 5774)
A recent ADL survey of nations of the world found great differences between countries as to what extent Jews were tolerated or not. These findings in some cases reflect on the Israelite origins of the peoples concerned. The less hate for Jews there is means the more chance that Israelites were their ancestors.
Anti-Semitism and the Lack of it as a Proof of Israelite Ancestry
[Note: This is the 2nd article on this subject we have written on this subject under the same heading. The first article disappeared.]
[We have attempted to reconstruct it but it is still somewhat different]
Contents:
1. Introduction. Relative Lack of Anti-Semitism as a measure of Hebrew origin.
2. The ADL Survey. Tables
3. ADL Article Comments. Highest and Lowest Countries
4. The Results in an International Perspective. Remarks by Arnold Roth
5. The Results in the Perspective of Hebrew Nations
6. Israelite Nations Listed in order of less Jew-hatred
7. More Remarks
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1. Introduction. Relative Lack of Anti-Semitism as a measure of Hebrew origin.
We use Ephraimite Criteria
http://www.britam.org/criteria.html
to determine whether or not a nation may be considered Israelite.
These include:
1. Blessings: Economic and Physical Blessings as promised to Israel in Scripture.
2. Indications of Scripture: Biblical Evidence predicting whereto the Lost Ten Tribes would go, what type of religion and government they would have, etc.
3. Groundwork: Historical, Archaeological, and Related Proofs showing paths of migration.
4. Judah: Affinity with the Jews.
5. Originality: Innovation and Intellect
6. Bravery: Proven Military Prowess in the past at least and at present in potential.
7. Empathy: The Doing of Social Justice.
8. Israelite Self-Identification
9. Family Connection: The identified group should have proven "ethnic" links to at least one of the other identified groups so that the proofs of one may be applied to the other.
10. Tribal Affiliation. We may (even tentatively) relate the nation to one or other of the Israelite Tribes.
Amongst the listed criteria above was 4. Affinity with Jews which may be evidenced by a relative low degree of Jew-Hatred. The less anti-Jewish a country is the more certain we may be that they are of Israelite origin though other criteria have also to be met.
The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) statistics below are therefore significant in this regard.
Nevertheless they have to be treated with reservation.
France for instance with 37% harboring anti-Jewish sentiments has a relatively high score for a western nation.
If however one was Jewish in the time of the Holocaust then being in France (statistically) was better than being in some of the other nations even though they had less anti-Semitic prejudice.
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2. The ADL Survey. Tables
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Highest and Lowest Countries
http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/anti-semitism-international/adl-global-100-poll.html
The ADL Global 100 Index found that anti-Semitic attitudes vary widely by country and by region. The 16 countries with the highest index scores of anti-Semitic views are all in the Middle East and North Africa. Greece, with 69 percent of the adult population falling into the anti-Semitic category, was the highest country outside of MENA [Middle East and North Africa]. In other countries in the index anti-Semitism was found to be virtually non-existent, particularly in the Scandinavian countries and in Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines.
Levels of anti-Semitic attitudes are particularly low in English speaking countries. According to the ADL Global 100 Index, only 13 percent of people living in English-speaking countries harbor anti-Semitic attitudes, which is half the worldwide average.
The top countries/territories in the ADL 100 Global Index are:
West Bank and Gaza - 93 percent of the adult population holds anti-Semitic views
Iraq - 92 percent
Yemen - 88 percent
Algeria - 87 percent
Libya - 87 percent
Tunisia - 86 percent
Kuwait - 82 percent
Bahrain - 81 percent
Jordan - 81 percent
Morocco - 80 percent
The lowest-ranked countries in the ADL Global Index are:
Laos - 0.2 percent of the adult population holds anti-Semitic views
Philippines -- 3 percent
Sweden - 4 percent
Netherlands - 5 percent
Vietnam - 6 percent
United Kingdom - 8 percent
United States - 9 percent
Denmark - 9 percent
Tanzania - 12 percent
Thailand - 13 percent
'We were profoundly disappointed about the resilience of anti-Semitism in many countries where we had hoped to see lower numbers, particularly some in Eastern Europe that experienced the war and the Holocaust firsthand,' Mr. Foxman said. 'On the other hand, there is a silver lining in countries such as Denmark, the U.K., the Netherlands and Sweden - all Protestant majority countries, where we found incredibly low levels of anti-Semitic beliefs. The Czech Republic stands out as well as being one of the lowest-ranked countries in Eastern Europe, with only 13 percent of the population manifesting anti-Semitic views. This is a testament to the high levels of tolerance and acceptance in Czech society.'
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4. The Results in an International Perspective. Remarks by Arnold Roth
http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2014/05/13-may-14-understanding-who-hates-us.html
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Extracts:
13-May-14: Understanding who hates us
From the ADL Global 100 site
There's wide coverage today of the Anti-Defamation League's largest-ever, most-important ever, most-useful ever worldwide survey of anti-Semitic attitudes, the results of which were published today (Tuesday). More than 53,000 people were asked to respond to the survey questions in 102 countries and territories. The outcome is exceptionally significant and with a host of takeaways and action points.
The main findings, in our words:
Deeply anti-Jewish views are held by more than a quarter of the world's population.
In North America, it's 9% of the people of the US and 14% of Canadians. In Australia and New Zealand, the numbers are about the same as Canada's.
The European country with the highest antisemitism index is Greece with 69%. 85% of Greeks believe "Jews have too much power in the business world". That's likely to get some analytic attention as the Greeks work their way out of the dire economic mess in which they are currently stuck.
But while the overall global number is 26%, in one part of the world it's almost three times that level: the Middle East and North Africa with 74%.
Almost exactly half the world's Moslems across the entire world are categorized as anti-semitic. Among Christians, it's less than half that level: 24%
The methodology, as described in a JTA report today, seems straightforward. The survey asked for agree/disagree ('probably true' or not) responses to these 11 questions. People who agreed with a majority of the statements were deemed anti-Semitic.
Chemi Shalev, a columnist for Haaretz, notes that 62% of Poles, 61% of Lithuanians and 52% of Austrians think Jews "talk too much about the Holocaust". (We're avoiding the strong temptation to withhold caustic criticism.)
The world has about 13,700,000 Jews altogether, today. But 18% of people think the Jewish population of the world exceeds 700 million people. Not surprisingly, some 38% of those people are classified as anti-Jewish.
The ADL can be proud of what they have pulled together. There's serious food for thought in their study.
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5. The Results in the Perspective of Hebrew Nations
The USA with (9) and the UK (8) had low rates as befits the leading nations of Joseph. This was despite the large numbers of non-Israelites now resident in their lands.
In general most nations identified as Israelites did relatively well but there were several exceptions.
Non-Israelite nations with low numbers (Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Tanzania, etc) seemed to be lands with little acquaintance with Jews and possibly with many not really knowing what a Jew is.
France with a high number (37) demonstrates the problem with these kind of figures.
Before WW2 there was much anti-semitism in France. Nevertheless France before entering the war agreed to take in relatively large numbers of Jewish refugees. A large proportion of French Jews were saved by the French. These observations do not apply to the Netherlands or to Scandinavia despite the percentage of Jew-haters in these nations being much lower.
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6. Israelite Nations Listed in order of less Jew-hatred (numbers represent %).
Sweden 4
Netherlands 5
UK 8
USA 9
Denmark 9
New Zealand 14
Canada 14
Australia 14
Norway 15
Finland 15
Iceland 16
Ireland 20
Switzerland 26
Belgium 27
France 37
South Africa 38
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7. More Remarks.
India is 20. Spain with 26 is less than expected. Serbia with 42 is a disappointment. Croatia (33) is less! Armenia 58. Italy (possibly with many Israelites though in a minority), 20. Czech Republic only 13! Hungary is 41; Belarus (38); Russia (30). Jamaica (where we once had a small following) showed 18%.
In general the more the hate the more damage the nation is liable to cause.
This however is not an absolute rule.
Germany (27), Latvia (28), Austria (28), are not much different from Switzerland (26). These nations however carried out the Holocaust whereas Switzerland did not and it seems would never have.