Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for their contribution to the fight against antisemitism.
He was reacting to the results of a CNN poll in seven European countries into European attitudes toward Jews showing that a third of Europeans polled said they knew just a little or nothing at all about the Holocaust, more than a quarter believe Jews have too much influence in business and finance and nearly one in four said Jews have too much influence in conflict and wars across the world.
According to the polls’ results, 34 percent of Europeans surveyed know just a little or have never heard of the Holocaust, while 20 percent of French people between the ages of 18 and 34 said they had never heard of the Holocaust.
“I’m concerned, because I think antisemitism is an ancient disease and when it rears its ugly head, it first attacks the Jews, but it never stops with that, and then it sweeps entire societies, as happened obviously in mid-century Europe,” Netanyahu told CNN in an interview. “First in Germany and then throughout all of Europe and the consequences were horrible.”
He added: “I’m seeing this in Eastern Europe. I saw Viktor Orban in Hungary — he’s opened up a center against antisemitism. I saw Sebastian Kurz in Austria — he just held a conference against antisemitism, and that’s encouraging.”
Netanyahu was referring to the opening in Budapest of a new association ‘’Action and Protection League of Europe’’ which will fight antisemitism and anti-Zionism in all EU countries. The Hungarian government will provide financial aid to expand the association’s activities to fight antisemitism throughout the EU.
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