Anti-Semitism in Europe: New Official Report by Bruce Bawer  •  August 25, 2017 at 5:00 am Examining statistics from France, Britain, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Russia, Enstad points out that one of these seven countries "clearly stands out with a very low number" of anti-Semitic incidents despite its "relatively large Jewish population..." Absurdly, whenever a perpetrator draws a swastika, the Swedish government automatically considers it a "right-wing" act. Enstad concludes that right-wingers, in all four of the major Western European countries in his study, "constitute a clear minority of perpetrators." Indeed, "in France, Sweden and the UK (but not in Germany) the perpetrator was perceived to be left-wing more often than right-wing." Police walk through a Jewish cemetery in Berlin, Germany, where at least 30 graves were vandalized, April 30, 2008. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) To some of us, it is hardly a secret that anti-Semitic violence is on the rise in Europe, or that the chief perpetrators are Muslims. But many politicians and news media have been so indefatigable in their efforts to obscure this uncomfortable fact that one is always grateful for official -- or, at least, semi-official -- confirmation of what everyone already knows. Continue Reading Article