Editing Antisemitism (section)

===21st-century Arab antisemitism===
{{Main|Antisemitism in the Arab world}}
[[File:Graffiti of a swastika on a building in the Palestinian city Nablus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Graffiti]] of a [[swastika]] on a building in the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] city of [[Nablus]], 2022]]
[[File:A boy holding a paper stating "we are the killers of the Jews".jpg|thumb|A boy holding a paper stating "we are the killers of the Jews" in the mourning ceremony for [[Qasem Soleimani]] at Mosalla of [[Tehran]], 6 January 2020]]
[[Robert L. Bernstein|Robert Bernstein]], founder of [[Human Rights Watch]], says that antisemitism is "deeply ingrained and institutionalized" in "Arab nations in modern times".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-human-rights-groups-ignore-palestinians-war-of-words/2011/09/26/gIQAWU5y2K_story.html |title=Why do human rights groups ignore Palestinians' war of words? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211002401/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-human-rights-groups-ignore-palestinians-war-of-words/2011/09/26/gIQAWU5y2K_story.html |archive-date=11 February 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=26 September 2011 |access-date=2 June 2012}}</ref>

In a 2011 survey by the [[Pew Research Center]], all of the Muslim-majority Middle Eastern countries polled held significantly negative opinions of Jews. In the questionnaire, only 2% of [[Egypt]]ians, 3% of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] Muslims, and 2% of [[Jordan]]ians reported having a positive view of Jews. Muslim-majority countries outside the Middle East similarly held markedly negative views of Jews, with 4% of [[Turkey|Turks]] and 9% of [[Indonesia]]ns viewing Jews favorably.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pewglobal.org/2011/07/21/muslim-western-tensions-persist/3/ |website=PEW Global Attitudes Report |date=21 July 2011 |title=Muslim-Western Tensions Persist |access-date=19 September 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060113/http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/07/21/muslim-western-tensions-persist/3/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to a 2011 exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, United States, some of the dialogue from Middle East media and commentators about Jews bear a striking resemblance to [[Nazi propaganda]].<ref>{{cite news |author=[[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24muse.html |title=Nazis' 'Terrible Weapon,' Aimed at Minds and Hearts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125152303/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24muse.html |archive-date=25 January 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 February 2009 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> According to Josef Joffe of ''[[Newsweek]]'', "anti-Semitism—the real stuff, not just bad-mouthing particular Israeli policies—is as much part of Arab life today as the hijab or the hookah. Whereas this darkest of creeds is no longer tolerated in polite society in the West, in the Arab world, Jew hatred remains culturally endemic."<ref>{{cite news |last=Joffe |first=Josef |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/186974 |title=Anti-Semitism In Araby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328001627/http://www.newsweek.com/id/186974 |archive-date=28 March 2010 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=28 February 2009 |access-date=24 November 2010}}</ref>

Muslim clerics in the Middle East have frequently referred to Jews as descendants of apes and pigs, which are conventional epithets for Jews and Christians.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Bernard Lewis |last=Lewis |first=Bernard |date=1984 |title=The Jews of Islam |location=Princeton |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=0-691-00807-8 |page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Aluma |last=Solnick |url=http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Area=sr&ID=SR01102 |title=Based on Koranic Verses, Interpretations, and Traditions, Muslim Clerics State: The Jews Are the Descendants of Apes, Pigs, And Other Animals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905201355/http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Area=sr&ID=SR01102 |archive-date=5 September 2009 |website=[[MEMRI]] Special Report – No. 11 |date=1 November 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Neil J. |last=Kressel |url=http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i27/27b01401.htm |title=The Urgent Need to Study Islamic Anti-Semitism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710020511/http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i27/27b01401.htm |archive-date=10 July 2009 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chronicle Review |date=12 March 2004}}</ref>

According to professor [[Robert Wistrich]], director of the [[Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism]] (SICSA), the calls for the destruction of Israel by [[Iran]] or by [[Hamas]], [[Hezbollah]], [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad]], or the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], represent a contemporary mode of genocidal antisemitism.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-a-somber-anniversary/ |title=Holocaust Remembrance Day — a somber anniversary |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=27 January 2013 |archive-date=30 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130105240/http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-a-somber-anniversary/ |url-status=live}}</ref>