Many Europeans Blame Jews for World's Troubles
Nearly one-third of all Europeans say the Jews are to blame for the current global economic downturn, according to a new poll conducted by the Anti-Defamation League in seven European countries earlier this year.
When asked who was to blame for the financial crisis in Europe and the US, 31 percent of respondents across the continent pointed the finger at high-ranking Jews in the financial industry, reported Ha'aretz.
In Hungary, Spain and Poland, the number of people who blamed Jews for the situation was closer to 50 percent. [Austria, France, Germany and the UK were the other countries in survey.]
Furthermore, 58 percent of respondents across Europe said their opinion of local Jews had worsened as a result of their feelings toward Israel and its policies.
The ADL and other Jewish groups have previously warned that results like these make clear that even in "enlightened" Europe, another Holocaust is possible, and perhaps inevitable.
Here we go again my fellow Americans, 31% to 58% of Europeans blame "Der Juice" for the economic mess we are in. These people never seem to learn, it sounds like we're witnessing the pre-Nazi Europe of the early 1930s all over again. What a bunch of ignorant stone-heads, if they looked into who owns and runs the financial institutions of the world they'd find very few Jews and more Arabs from the wealthy oil rich Moslem nations. For years now Moslems have buying up major shares of banks and financial institutions world-wide and we would be reluctant to even blame them for the situation the world now finds itself in. If Europe goes into a depression it'll be more the fault of their liberal and socialist policies than anything else but for them it is so much easier to blame the Jews....Moslems and neo-Nazis must be loving this trend. If the Jews really were running the banks, loaning institutions, and mortgage companies they would more than likely be in better shape than they are now. It seems that after so many Americans gave their lives during World War Two to destroy the effects of the social cancer called anti-Semitism it seems to be returning with a vengeance. Maybe it's time for the European Jews to think about making Aliyah and return to Israel.
12 Jan. 2009