Pho to cou r tesy of Judy Woo dru f f
Veteran broadcast journalist
Judy Woodruff hosts this exam-
ination of the roots and resur-
gence of anti-Semitism.
the propagandizing use of Palestinian
refugees and camps are diversionary
tactics to draw away from abuses of
their own populations in their native
lands.
"These diversions are not new. What
is new is that prior to the new technol-
ogy, these claims didn't have any con-
sequences within Europe. That is the
difference,' notes New York University
Professor Tony Judt. What is new, he
adds, is that it is on TV 24-7.
One million Muslim immigrants
arrive in Europe each year. There are
now 20 million Muslims in Europe,
many of whom have trouble integrat-
ing both socially and economically into
the European mainstream. Already
alienated and lacking a cultural iden-
tity, this propaganda incites them
further and invites revenge on the
local Jewish kid or synagogue, explains
author Reza Asian.
Despite the rise in world anti-
Semitism, feelings about how signifi-
cant a threat it poses varies.
For Israelis, it is a real daily threat
and something to worry about, says
Washington Post columnist David
Ignatius. "When the president of Iran
says he wants to wipe Israel off the
map, at some level he means it." In the
interest of stabilizing this part of the
world, Arabs will have to break through
this hatred, the journalist cautions.
Woodruff asks the hard-hitting $64
million question: Would resolution
between Israel and the Palestinians
lead to a decline in anti-Semitism?
Columbia University Professor
Rashid Khalidi believes "that if you
were to have a rapid, just resolution of
the issue, the overwhelming majority
of what one sees in the form of anti-
Semitism and expression of hostilities
would disappear."
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv
University strongly disagrees. "It's so
useful; it serves a purpose ... It will
perhaps diminish, but not vanish."
Quoting 18th century English author
Samuel Johnson, Woodruff says, "There
is in every age new errors to be recti-
fied and new prejudices to be opposed."
Like the rest of this sagacious film,
Woodruff reminds us that prejudice
does as much damage to the perpetra-
tors as to the victims.
This extraordinary documentary
offers a clear-eyed, comprehensive
overview, without rhetoric or hyper-
bole, of just how problematic and
complex the ongoing prejudice of anti-
Semitism remains. 11
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