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MALMÖ A recent report shows that hatred of Jewish students mainly comes from peers from the Middle East. The Jewish students are held responsible for Israel’s policy in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Linking the Israel-Palestine conflict with Malmö’s Jews is something that top Social Democrat politicians have done in the past.
– It would prevent this if the Jewish community distanced itself from Israel’s actions in Gaza. That would help a lot, I think.
The words are from Jamal El-Hajs, a current Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, at a demonstration in 2010, in an interview with Skånska Dagbladet. At the same demonstration, he called for a boycott of Israeli goods and praised party colleague Ilmar Reepalu’s “courage.” Reepalu has on several occasions been in trouble for statements about Jews and Israel, including when he questioned whether a tennis match between Sweden and Israel should be played in Malmö.
A new report now shows that the Israel-Palestine conflict is central to anti-Semitism in Malmö’s schools. The report also shows that it is not only students – especially Arab students with a background in the Middle East and above all with links to Palestinian territories – but also school staff who are anti-Semites.
“From a couple of the informants also come specific stories about anti-Semitic jargon in the staff group,” writes the report’s author Mirjam Katzin, a researcher at Lund University. Katzin is also elected representative of the Left Party in Malmö.
Katzin’s report consists partly of an interview section where she interviewed school staff and Jewish children and young people aged 10–20 and partly of a questionnaire that was sent out. The goal was for all school staff in compulsory school and upper secondary school to take part in the survey.
Katzin states that she encountered unexpected opposition – only 27 of 63 principals in primary school forwarded the survey to their staff.
According to the report, there is an informal list of schools in the Jewish community in Malmö where Jewish students cannot go.
“Jews stay away from certain schools because they do not feel safe going to certain schools. There is a list of schools that are okay for Jews and not. Actually, all high schools are blacklisted except a few, it’s just that. You know that this with Israel / Palestine – you will get shit for it at the other schools, it’s such a shame that it should be like that,” says a student.
The report contains several quotes from the interviewees that point to how Arab students openly use anti-Semitic jargon.
“[…] Many people can, when you talk to them and discuss and so on, be reachable. But some people are deeply committed. So a Jew in Malmö is the enemy. All Jews are the great enemy,” says another school staffer.
MALMÖ A recent report shows that hatred of Jewish students mainly comes from peers from the Middle East. The Jewish students are held responsible for Israel’s policy in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Linking the Israel-Palestine conflict with Malmö’s Jews is something that top Social Democrat politicians have done in the past.
– It would prevent this if the Jewish community distanced itself from Israel’s actions in Gaza. That would help a lot, I think.
The words are from Jamal El-Hajs, a current Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, at a demonstration in 2010, in an interview with Skånska Dagbladet. At the same demonstration, he called for a boycott of Israeli goods and praised party colleague Ilmar Reepalu’s “courage.” Reepalu has on several occasions been in trouble for statements about Jews and Israel, including when he questioned whether a tennis match between Sweden and Israel should be played in Malmö.
A new report now shows that the Israel-Palestine conflict is central to anti-Semitism in Malmö’s schools. The report also shows that it is not only students – especially Arab students with a background in the Middle East and above all with links to Palestinian territories – but also school staff who are anti-Semites.
“From a couple of the informants also come specific stories about anti-Semitic jargon in the staff group,” writes the report’s author Mirjam Katzin, a researcher at Lund University. Katzin is also elected representative of the Left Party in Malmö.
Katzin’s report consists partly of an interview section where she interviewed school staff and Jewish children and young people aged 10–20 and partly of a questionnaire that was sent out. The goal was for all school staff in compulsory school and upper secondary school to take part in the survey.
Katzin states that she encountered unexpected opposition – only 27 of 63 principals in primary school forwarded the survey to their staff.
According to the report, there is an informal list of schools in the Jewish community in Malmö where Jewish students cannot go.
“Jews stay away from certain schools because they do not feel safe going to certain schools. There is a list of schools that are okay for Jews and not. Actually, all high schools are blacklisted except a few, it’s just that. You know that this with Israel / Palestine – you will get shit for it at the other schools, it’s such a shame that it should be like that,” says a student.
The report contains several quotes from the interviewees that point to how Arab students openly use anti-Semitic jargon.
“[…] Many people can, when you talk to them and discuss and so on, be reachable. But some people are deeply committed. So a Jew in Malmö is the enemy. All Jews are the great enemy,” says another school staffer.
