British on Jews

Hi All,

See here for a report on British views on Jews and Israel. For reaction it depends on whether you are half full or empty person . What I find interesting (emphasis mine) : 

"The report also examines attitudes among key religious groups. While it concludes that anti-Semitism and anti-Israel attitudes are no different among Christians than the wider population, it found such attitudes were two to four times higher among Muslims. Non-religious Muslims were less likely to back anti-Semitic or anti-Israel attitudes, while those who demonstrated Islamist views were more likely to. However, the report also indicated that “significant proportions of Muslims reject all such prejudice,” with a majority neutral or disagreeing with each of the anti-Semitic statements put to them. Staetsky also notes the relatively small size of both Britain’s Muslim population and those who hold far-left or far-right attitudes"

In fact it doesn't  matter how small militant Islam, militant far left and militant far right actually happen to be. It isn't about opinion polling to vote. It's about activism, demonstrating and using blogs as propaganda forums , which is clearly their prerogative providing it doesn't breach the law , they are however the ones who shout the loudest. Not that I think outright antisemitism should be tolerated anyway..

But that's before we talk about those who are willing to be crossing a line into outright criminality and or violence. So it could be a hundred far lefties or a hundred jihadist types or neo Nazis out of 65 million who are willing to be violent etc.  When they are coming for you or if you it feels like there's a billion of them "tiny minority " or not, as my grandparents remembered from the Farhud in 1941 .