The frightening popularity of Golden Dawn's anti-Semitism in Greece

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2. That party is not alone on this subject

Why is Greece the most anti-Semitic country in Europe?
With 69 percent of Greeks harboring anti-Semitic views, one could think anti-Semitism is widespread in Greece. But both ADL and the local Jewish community say the reality is more nuanced than the poll numbers suggest.

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Golden Dawn hasn’t been alone in expressing such sentiments.

Earlier this year, the left-wing Syriza party’s candidate for regional governor accused Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of heading a Jewish conspiracy to visit “a new Hanukkah against the Greeks.” Syriza reluctantly dropped the candidate, Theodoros Karypidis.

At the heart of Karypidis’ theory was a move last year by Samaras to shut the allegedly corrupt Hellenic Broadcasting Authority and replace it with New Hellenic Radio and Television, known by its Greek acronym NERIT. According to Karypidis, NERIT is derived from the Hebrew word for candle, “ner,” which he links to Hanukkah.

Even the mainstream political parties have long histories of using anti-Semitic tropes.


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