Third of Britons: Dislike of Jews 'understandable' because of Israel

[ukhudshanskiy]

According to a Europe-wide survey on prejudice and discrimination on the continent, conducted by Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 13.9 per cent of people in the UK believe that Jews wield too much influence in this country.

Although 71.5 per cent of those surveyed said that they believed Jews enriched British culture – the second highest number out of the eight countries included in the report – more than a fifth claimed that Jews "try to take advantage of having been victims during the Nazi era".

Nearly 23 per cent supported the view that Jews "in general do not care about anything or anyone but their own kind".

More than two out of five Britons asked agreed that Israel was "conducting a war of extermination against the Palestinians", and nearly 36 per cent said that considering Israel's policy, they could "understand why people do not like Jews".