This CST Antisemitic Discourse Report analyses antisemitism within written and verbal communication, discussion and rhetoric about Jews and Jewishrelated issues in 2007.
This report studies antisemitic discourse within the mainstream public sphere. It does not survey discourse within marginal or clandestine racist, extremist and radical circles, where antisemitism is the norm. Where such material is quoted within this report, it is for comparison with more mainstream sources.
The 2006 Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism noted the importance of antisemitic discourse and the complexity of defining what is (and is not) antisemitism.
This study is intended to aid public understanding of these complex issues, in order that antisemitic discourse and antisemitic incident levels may be reduced. Antisemitic discourse is distinct from actual antisemitic incidents, which are criminal race hate attacks against Jews or Jewish organizations and locations.
