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===Germany=== According to a 2012 survey, 18% of [[Turks in Germany]] believe that Jews are inferior human beings.<ref>Liljeberg Research International: [https://d171.keyingress.de/multimedia/document/228.pdf ''Deutsch-Türkische Lebens und Wertewelten 2012''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011112234/https://d171.keyingress.de/multimedia/document/228.pdf |date=11 October 2012 }}, July/August 2012, p. 68</ref><ref>[[Die Welt]]: [https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article108659406/Tuerkische-Migranten-hoffen-auf-muslimische-Mehrheit.html ''Türkische Migranten hoffen auf muslimische Mehrheit''], 17 August 2012, retrieved 23 August 2012</ref> A "non-representative study" by the [[American Jewish Committee|Ramer Institute for Jewish-German Relations]] suggests that antisemitic views were especially prevalent among Germany's native-born Muslim youth and children of immigrants.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israeli flag burning prompts German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel to back outlawing it |url=http://www.dw.com/en/israeli-flag-burning-prompts-german-foreign-minister-sigmar-gabriel-to-back-outlawing-it/a-41806074 |publisher=[[DW News]] |date=15 December 2017 |access-date=17 December 2017 |quote="official statistics attribute most such crimes to right-wing extremists ... A non-representative study by the American Jewish Committee and its Berlin-based program, the Ramer Institute for Jewish-German Relations ... conducted [interviews] with 68 Syrian and Iraqi refugees{{nbsp}}... The study's authors conclude: "{{thin space}}'Anti-Semitic mindsets and stereotypes were prevalent in the interviews...'{{thin space}}"}}</ref> A 2023 survey found that 26% of German Muslim respondents agreed with the antisemitic statement that "wealthy Jews are the real rulers of the world", compared to the national average of just 4%, and were overall three or four times more likely than the national average to embrace antisemitic ideology.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ben |date=2023-07-25 |title=New Survey Reveals Widespread Antisemitism Among German Muslims Compared With Overall Population |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/25/new-survey-reveals-widespread-antisemitism-among-german-muslims-compared-with-overall-population/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[Algemeiner]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Seven percent of German Muslim respondents agreed that violence against Jews was acceptable, compared to 2% of the national average.<ref name=":3" /> {{image frame |content={{Graph:Chart |height=150 |width=200 |xAxisTitle= |yAxisTitle=% |yAxisMin=0 |type=rect |showSymbols=yes |legend=Legend |x=harassment, assault |y1=19,25 |y1Title=Left-extremists |y2=19,19 |y2Title=Right-extremists |y3=62,81 |y3Title=Muslim individual |y4=22,13 |y4Title=Christian group |y5=6,6 |y5Title=Other |colors=red,black,green,blue,grey}} |width=378 |caption=Perpetrators of antisemitic verbal harassment and physical assault. Attackers characterised by victim. An attacker may belong to more than 1 group.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|title=Jüdische Perspektiven auf Antisemitismus in Deutschland Ein Studienbericht für den Expertenrat Antisemitismus|last=Andreas Zick, Andreas Hövermann, Silke Jensen, Julia Bernstein|publisher=[[Universität Bielefeld]]|year=2017|location=Bielefeld|pages=25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428115221/https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> }} In police statistics more than 90 percent of incidents are counted as "right wing extremism". According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', government officials and Jewish leaders doubt that figure, because cases with unknown perpetrators and some kinds of attacks automatically get classified as "extreme right".<ref name="police">{{cite news|last1=Witte|first1=Griff|last2=Beck|first2=Lusia|title=After a refugee influx, does Germany have an imported anti-Semitism problem? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/after-a-refugee-influx-does-germany-have-an-imported-anti-semitism-problem/2018/04/27/1c804d54-46ff-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8_story.html?noredirect=on|newspaper=Washington Post|date=28 April 2018}}</ref> A 2017 study of Jewish perspectives on antisemitism in Germany by [[Bielefeld University]] found that individuals and groups which belong to the extreme right and the extreme left were equally represented as perpetrators of antisemitic harassment and assaults, while a large number of the attacks were committed by Muslim assailants. The study also found that 70% of the participants feared a rise in antisemitism [[Immigration to Germany|due to immigration]], citing potential antisemitism among refugees.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|title=Jüdische Perspektiven auf Antisemitismus in Deutschland Ein Studienbericht für den Expertenrat Antisemitismus|last=Andreas Zick, Andreas Hövermann, Silke Jensen, Julia Bernstein|publisher=[[Universität Bielefeld]]|year=2017|location=Bielefeld|pages=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428115221/https://uni-bielefeld.de/ikg/daten/JuPe_Bericht_April2017.pdf|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> Following the [[7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7th massacre]] of Israelis by Palestinians, dozens of Arab and Muslim residents of [[Neukölln (locality)|Neukölln]] celebrated on the streets of the neighbourhood, some handing out sweets and candy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Israel-Hamas war cuts deep into Germany's soul |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-hamas-war-germany-germany-berlin/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinke |first=Ronen |date=2023-10-09 |title=Angriff der Hamas: Der Rechtsstaat darf die Feier von Terror nicht dulden |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/gaza-neukoelln-feier-hamas-kommentar-1.6280592?reduced=true |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |language=de}}</ref> Since then, antisemitism and [[Holocaust denial]] among the Muslim population of Germany has surged, with Jew-hatred "becoming mainstream among youths and young adults in some Arab communities".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pancevski |first=Bjoan |date=2023-10-18 |title=Antisemitism Among Muslim Migrants Unsettles a Germany Haunted by the Holocaust |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/antisemitism-among-muslim-migrants-unsettles-a-germany-haunted-by-the-holocaust-ff359e73 |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> Neukölln’s integration commissioner, Güner Balci, stated that antisemitism is "widespread in certain Muslim milieus", and criticised the failure of any of Germany’s [[Mosque|mosques]] to condemn unequivocally the violence of the 7 October massacre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elger |first=Katrin |date=2023-10-11 |title=Muslim Anti-Semitism in Berlin: "Wide Swaths of Arab-Speaking Population Harbor Sympathies for Terrorists" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/muslim-anti-semitism-in-berlin-wide-swaths-of-arab-speaking-population-harbor-sympathies-for-terrorists-a-f7c73040-7be1-4509-9150-810266818f49 |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=en |issn=2195-1349}}</ref> In November 2024, [[Berlin]]’s chief of police Barbara Slowik also warned that Jews and gay people should hide their identity in order to protect their safety when entering Arab and Muslim-majority neighbourhoods and that "There are certain neighbourhoods where the majority of people of Arab origin live, who also have sympathies for terrorist groups" and are "openly hostile towards Jews".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luyken |first=Jörg |date=2024-11-18 |title=Jews and gay people should hide identity in 'Arab neighbourhoods', says Berlin police chief |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/18/jews-gay-people-hide-identity-arab-areas-germany/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> A week earlier, a group of Jewish schoolchildren in a youth soccer team were "hunted down" and attacked with knives by pro-Palestinian Arabs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luyken |first=Jörg |date=2024-11-11 |title=Jewish youth football team 'attacked by knife-wielding pro-Palestinian mob in Berlin' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/11/jewish-youth-football-team-attacked-pro-palestinians-berlin/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
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