Veuillez trouver ci-après les extraits des conclusions du rapport "Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the European Union" que nous communique une source proche du Financial Times.

Ce rapport a été rédigé par le "Center for Research on Antisemitism" de la " Berlin's Technical University " pour le compte du European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC).

De façon surprenante, ce rapport n'a pas été divulgué alors qu'il a été déposé en février 2003 et que les auteurs "demandent aux autorités nationales au plus haut niveau d'admettre les dangers extraordinaires créés par la violence antisémite dans le contexte européen".

Ce rapport, de plus de cent pages, extrêmement détaillé, s'appuie sur d'abondantes références et a été rédigé par l'un des instituts les plus renommés du monde.

Il est éclairant sur les sources actuelles de l'antisémitisme :

" (...) it can be concluded that the anti-Semitic incidents in the monitoring period were committed above all either by right-wing extremists or radical Islamists or young Muslims mostly of Arab descent, who are often themselves potential victims of exclusion and racism; but also that anti-Semitic statements came from pro-Palestinian groups (...) as well as from politicians (...) and citizens from the political mainstream.

(...) In the extreme left-wing scene anti-Semitic remarks were to be found mainly in the context of pro-Palestinian and anti-globalisation rallies and in newspaper articles using anti-Semitic stereotypes in their criticism of Israel. Often this generated a combination of anti-Zionist and anti-American views that formed an important element in the emergence of an anti-Semitic mood in Europe.

(...) A further aspect that needs to be noted is that the local Jewish population is closely associated with the state of Israel and its politics. It can be said that the native Jews have been made "hostages" of Israeli politics. Here anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli and anti-Zionist motives are mixed together.

(...) The fact that the Middle East conflict is taking place in the Holy Land of the Christians has lead in various countries to a revitalisation of anti-Judaist motives by church leaders and confessional as well as some liberal newspapers.

(...) In the left-wing scene anti-Semitic remarks were to be found mainly in the context of pro-Palestinian and anti-globalisation rallies and commentaries critical of Israel in the respective media.

(...) In fact, those Europeans who followed media coverage of the events in the Middle East the closest were more likely to be sympathetic to the Palestinian case.

(...) Almost all relevant homepages from the extreme right and the Arab pro-Palestinian spectrum offer the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" for downloading, or make it accessible via links to other homepages. This is also the case for Hitler's "Mein Kampf", which in the meantime circulates translated in many Arab countries."