The Image of the Jews amongst the French: Towards a Deterioration?

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The Image of the Jews amongst the French:

Towards a Deterioration?

Translated from the French by Peter Wakefield Sault

According to a report from the Centre d’étude de la vie politique française (“Centre for the study of French political life”, CEVIPOF), 35% of the population of France as a whole think that there is too much talk of the extermination of the Jews, 20% consider that the Jews have too much power in France and 51% have a negative image of the State of Israel. For the segment of the population deriving from Turkish or African immigration, the respective percentages given are 50%, 39% and, paradoxically, 49% (“Des préjugés antisémites plus répandus” [“Anti-Semitic prejudices more widespread”], Le Monde, 31st August 2005, p. 7).

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