"The media and politicians don't seem to understand that this is an imported problem. 95 percent of anti-Semitism comes from the Middle Eastern regions and the left, yet the media and politicians focus on right-wing extremists, who make up 5 percent," said one of the survey's comments.
A surge in anti-Semitism has caused nearly half of Swedish Jews to consider leaving Sweden, a recent survey has revealed.
Since the terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, the level of anti-Semitism in Sweden has increased significantly. A joint poll by Judiska Centralradet, the association of Jewish congregations in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Northwest Scania, and Infostat revealed that more than seventy percent of the Jewish community in Sweden feel that Sweden is a much less safe place for them than before. the Swedish Christian newspaper Varlden Idag drew attention v4na.com .
The survey revealed that only 15 percent of Jewish residents said they would feel safe even if they wore Jewish symbols in public.
Among those who feel that the situation has become more insecure for them in the past month, many said that their fear of incitement and harassment has increased (86 percent), but their fear of violence (64 percent), persecution (51 percent), even fear of deadly violence (30 percent).
We speak Hebrew, but we told our 5- and 6-year-old children not to speak Hebrew in public, the report quoted one respondent as saying.
More than three out of four believe that the safety of people living with a Jewish identity in Sweden will deteriorate in the coming years, and about half of the respondents believe that their safety will deteriorate significantly. The majority is also worried about being exposed to anti-Semitism.
"Now I hide my Jewishness, but if I were to talk about it openly, I am convinced that I would be attacked both verbally and physically," said one of the respondents of the survey, while another of them said that he had started to think about emigrating for the first time.
According to the survey, almost half of the Jews in Sweden, 46 percent, have considered moving from Sweden, the main reason being the growing anti-Semitism. At the same time, it is also a question for them where to go, since hatred against Jews is growing in most of the world, and Israel is also at war with the terrorist organization Hamas.
57 percent of respondents believe that the Swedish authorities are not aware of the nature and extent of anti-Semitism in Sweden.
"The media and politicians don't seem to understand that this is an imported problem. 95 percent of anti-Semitism comes from the Middle Eastern regions and the left, yet the media and politicians focus on right-wing extremists, who make up 5 percent," said one of the survey's comments.
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