Panel: CONFLICTS, EMERGENCY RULES, AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES



257.5 - OLD AND NEW ANTISEMITISM

AUTHORS:
Maoz A. (Tel-Aviv University Law School and the Peres academic Center ~ Tel Aviv ~ Israel)
Text:
Anti-Semitism is one of the oldest and ugliest manifestations of racism. It has followed the Jewish people from the day they became a nation until this very day. Classic Anti-Semitism took various shapes along the centuries from Anti-Semitism based on erroneous religious ideas to Anti-Semitism based on a perverted and noxious notion of racial science. In recent years, Anti-Semitism increasingly takes the form of anti-Zionism. However, since the Hamas attack on Israel the mask came off and we are witnessing the revival of old Anti-Semitism in its ugliest manifestations.