
According to the Institute for Jewish Policy Research study, almost 70 percent of respondents also said they believe anti-Semitism had become more acute in Britain in the five years leading up to 2012.
It found the experience of anti-Semitism is often bound up with perceptions of the political and military decisions of the Israeli government. Publication of the survey has coincided with the Israel Defense Forces' air and ground assault of the Gaza Strip, which has drawn tens of thousands of protestors onto the streets worldwide.
While participants in the survey do not perceive simple criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism, respondents say hostile criticism of the Jewish state is experienced as anti-Semitism, particularly when it involves calls for boycotts, divestment and sanctions, or accusations of ethnic cleansing.

The report found that for respondents: "Israel does not simply represent a place or a conflict, but is rather a fundamental component of Jewish identity."
According to the report, Orthodox Jews are more likely to experience anti-Semitism, as are younger Jews and men. Harassment was most often confined to the Internet, while physical assaults and property vandalism were found to be far rarer.
Perpetrators of anti-Semitic acts were mostly teenagers and those with extremist Muslim views. People with left-wing views were also found to be a greater source of anti-Semitic remarks than those with right-wing views.



Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate the meaning of their being a 'Jew', something their forefathers had to do quite some time ago... I believe many of them are now called Palestinians.... and that hasn't been safe for quite some time, so perhaps as long as they deem a sacrifice is necessary, they should be prepared to make one themselves and stop demanding others do it for them. It seems the word means more to them than their actions, and if they seek a divorce from the latter, they will have to sacrifice the former... and is that is hard to do? Perhaps so if that attachment is more of an addiction... encouraged and protected by the state they so often complain about.