Hostility to Israel and anti-Jewish hatred clearly linked in UK, finds study

"Hostility to Israel is closely related to anti-Jewish hatred, a new study of public attitudes in Britain reveals Thursday.

The analysis from the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research shows that there is a 'clear statistical connection' between backing boycotts of Israel and believing that it is an apartheid state, and the endorsement of traditional anti-Jewish tropes.

'This research helps to identify the close relationship between anti-Semitism and extreme types of anti-Israel activism and rhetoric,' said Dave Rich, head of policy at the Community Security Trust, a charity which combats anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, which supported the study..."