Anti-Semitism, that is,
anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism, is intensifying
throughout the Muslim World. The significance
of this virulent anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism lies in that this type
of anti-Semitism goes beyond the hatred it espouses. In the contemporary
Muslim world, anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism constitute a major
political instrument in the hands of both state governments and Islamist
terrorist organizations to mobilize the entire region for the destruction
of Israel – irrespective of diplomatic treaties, including the current
peace process. Both governments and terrorist leaders are using
anti-Semitic incitement as a most effective instrument of populist
agitation in order to reach the grassroots – the Arab street – and get
results. This instrument is most effective particularly when state
governments need to ignore and reverse declared policies (imposed by
international conditions). Therefore, with the spread and expansion of
militant radical Islam, anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism will continue to
intensify in the Muslim world. Anti-Jewishness and anti-Judaism will thus
continue to be a most potent instrument of governments throughout the
Muslim world.
