Editing Persecution (section)

===Jews===
{{Main|Antisemitism|Persecution of Jews|The Holocaust}}
[[File:Massacre of Jews in Lietūkis garage.jpeg|thumb|[[Kaunas pogrom]] in [[German occupation of Lithuania during World War II|German-occupied Lithuania]], June 1941]]
The [[persecution of Jews]] is a recurring phenomenon throughout [[Jewish history]]. It has occurred on numerous occasions in widely different geographic locations. It may include [[pogrom]]s, [[looting]] and the demolition of private and public Jewish property (e.g., [[Kristallnacht]]), unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, [[torture]], killing, or even mass execution (in [[World War II]] alone, approximately [[The Holocaust|six million people were deliberately killed]] because they were Jewish). They have been [[Expulsions and exoduses of Jews|expelled]] from their hometowns/countries, hoping to find safe havens in other polities. In recent times [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitism]] has often been manifested as [[Anti-Zionism]],<ref>[[New antisemitism]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/Antizionism.htm|title=Anti-zionism as an expression of anti-Semitism in recent years<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=huji.ac.il|access-date=22 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512173240/http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/Antizionism.htm|archive-date=12 May 2017}}</ref> where Anti-Zionism is a prejudice against the Jewish movement for self-determination and the right of the Jewish people to a homeland in [[the State of Israel]]. Anti-Zionism can include threats to destroy the State of Israel (or otherwise eliminate its Jewish character), unfounded and inaccurate characterizations of Israel's power in the world, and language or actions that hold Israel to a different standard than other countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-and-strategies/what-is-anti-israel-anti-semitic-anti-zionist|title=What Is… Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic, Anti-Zionist?|website=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref>