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A fifth of Europeans believe a secret Jewish cabal runs the world, damning report into anti-Semitism reveals
- 16,000 people from 16 European countries were surveyed on Jewish stereotypes
- A fifth agreed that a secret network of Jews influences politics and economics
- Fifth also said Jewish people 'exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own needs'
- Jewish organisation called on Europe to do more to combat anti-Semitism
A fifth of Europeans believe that a secretive Jewish cabal controls world politics and economics, a damning report on anti-Semitism has found.
The same number also believe that Jews 'exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own needs', the European Jewish Association revealed at its annual conference in Paris.
The shock figures were revealed as Jewish leaders called on European governments to accept more responsibility for ending rising anti-Semitism on the continent.
It comes just days after a far-right terror attack in Germany targeting Turkish people, by a killer who had also confessed his belief in various anti-Semitic conspiracies.
The same survey also found a quarter of respondents agreed with the statement: 'Israel's policies make me understand why some people hate Jews'.
More than a third agreed with the assertion that 'during World War II, people from our nation suffered as much as Jews.'
The survey also concluded that Holocaust revisionism and belief in classic anti-Semitic stereotypes was more common in the east, while anti-Israel sentiment including anti-Semitic beliefs were more common in the west.
A fifth of Europeans also believe that Jews 'exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own needs', a survey of 16,000 people from 16 countries including France, Germany and the UK has found.
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