I wonder if it has anything to do with the left embracing the “free Palestine” movement and slamming the “Israeli lobby”? From the N.Y. Post:
November 2, 2007 — Nearly 35 million American adults – 15 percent – hold views consistent with making them anti-Semitic, according to a survey released yesterday.
The Anti-Defamation League survey, conducted from between Oct. 6 and 19, also showed that 31 percent of Americans believe that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to America, and just over a quarter – 27 percent – believe that Jews were responsible for the death of Christ.
The survey showed that the nearly 35 million adults Americans who held views making them “unquestionably anti-Semitic” increased the rating 1 percentage point from the 14 percent of the 2005 survey.
In 1998, the number of Americans with hard-core anti-Semitic beliefs was as low as 12 percent.
However, the survey found that some stereotypes die hard. It said 27 percent of adult Americans still believe Jews were responsible for the death of Christ, down from 30 percent in 2005 but up from 25 percent in 2002.
I know, it doesn’t live up to the hype. The same cretin who hated Jews a year ago are still around, but it is ironic that the ADL is upset that left wing anti-semitic ideas like Jews are more loyal to Israel than America hasn’t disappeared when they do little, if anything, to address it.