The general impression given in media reports is misleading, there is a serious problem of hostility to Muslims and Gypsies/Roma which is much greater than hostility to Jews:
However Mr Netanyahu on his visit to Hungary spelled out what is going on. He said: “There is a new anti-Semitism that is expressed in anti-Zionism and that is delegitimising the only Jewish State” ( FT 19/07/17 )
Israel is in grave breach of international law and inflicting endless cruelty on the Palestinian people but on Netanyahu’s definition – and many who follow this line – any criticism of Israel is labelled “antisemitism”.
