South Florida Sun Sentinel · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 23 June 2021
CP-2021-024
Three-quarters of American Jews more concerned about antisemitism following Israel-Gaza conflict
— Ben Sales
Transcribed from the clipping
Three-quarters of U.S. Jews said their concern over antisemitism in the country has grown following the fighting last month in Israel and Gaza, according to a survey published by the Anti-Defamation League. More than 40% of the respondents said they are now more concerned for their personal safety as well than they were before the 11 days of warring.
Also, more than half said calling for companies and organizations to boycott, divest from or sanction Israel is “definitely or probably antisemitic.” According to the recent Pew Research Center study of American Jews, 10% of respondents supported the BDS movement. The ADL poll of 576 Jewish-American adults was taken from May 25 to June 1 by the polling firm YouGov.
Its margin of error is 4%. The ADL and other groups documented a surge in antisemitic incidents in the United States during and after the Israel-Gaza fighting. The incidents more than doubled during and after the fighting when compared to the same time last year, the ADL found.
(The 2020 period was near the first wave of the pandemic and its associated social distancing restrictions.) The ADL’s tally includes physical assaults, as well as antisemitic and some anti-Zionist harassment and vandalism.
The survey also found that 60% of respondents “witnessed behavior or comments they deem antisemitic either online or in-person as a result of the recent violence.” More than three-quarters of respondents said they want President Joe Biden, Congress, civil rights groups and faith leaders to do more to address antisemitism.
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Context added by this archive
Logged for the archive's record of how the 2021 Gaza war was covered on the U.S. home front rather than for Bennett.
Worth noting what the paper reports without comment: a majority of respondents calling boycott, divestment and sanctions 'definitely or probably antisemitic', and the ADL's incident tally explicitly folding in 'some anti-Zionist harassment and vandalism' - the two categories counted together, in the paper's own summary, with no Palestinian voice anywhere on the page.
No Palestinian is quoted, named or counted in this clipping; the eleven days appear only as 'the fighting' and 'the 11 days of warring'.
Cite this clipping
"Three-quarters of American Jews more concerned about antisemitism following Israel-Gaza conflict," South Florida Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2021. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2021-024. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2021-024
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