A majority of Germans expressed that "a lot more" anti-Semitism has spread throughout their country, according to a new poll taken one week after the Oct. 9 attack on a synagogue in the German town of Halle.
"That's a lot more – +19 points – than one year ago," stated the German broadcaster ARD, which conducted the poll, on its website, in comparison to last year's finding that just 40% of Germans believed anti-Semitism in the country is alarming.
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Only 35% of respondents thought Jew-hatred wasn't increasing in Germany.
The poll was published after German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Thursday a six-point plan to combat anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism through tougher regulations to limit online hate speech along with cracking down on purchases of illegal guns and other weapons by members of the far Right.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
