Amid the rise in hate crimes in France, the World Zionist Organization calculated the level of antisemitism among French citizens
Amid the rise in hate crimes aimed at the Jewish community in France, the World Zionist Organization conducted a survey to calculate the level of antisemitism among French citizens
The survey revealed that more than 40% of the French population holds some kind of antisemitic beliefs, the most common one being that Jews “have too much power in the business world.”
The survey also found that 47% of the population believes that “French Jews are more loyal to Israel than the country where they live.”
Nineteen percent of young men up to 24 expressed negative attitudes toward Jews in France and 43% of those with a university degree or higher expressed positive attitudes towards the Jews of France.
Fifty-four percent of those with a college education or higher believe the antisemitic sentiments are primarily based on negative feelings towards Jews as a whole and have nothing to do with anti-Zionist attitudes felt in other European countries. On this note, the survey also found that 60% of French citizens prefer not to lend an opinion on the Israel-Arab conflict.
