New research shows 34% of young people believe Jews have an “unhealthy control over the world’s banking system”
New research shows that over a third of British young people in the 18-24 age bracket agree that Jews have an “unhealthy control over the world’s banking system”.
The findings come from polling conducted by the anti-racism charity, Hope Not Hate. The organisation investigated attitudes across British society, and the results reportedly show that 34 percent of those questioned between the ages of eighteen and 24 believe the statement about Jews and banking to be “probably” or “definitely” true.
This number falls to 28 percent among people in the 25-34 demographic, and is as low as twelve percent among those over 75 years of age.
The authors of the survey describe these findings as “shocking” and said that they indicate “a higher degree of openness to conspiracies in those under 35…it is clear that while socially liberal beliefs are more common amongst the majority, there is a large cohort of young people who hold more reactionary views, and a smaller minority who hold even more extreme beliefs”.
Binyomin Gilbert, Programme Manager at Campaign Against Antisemitism, said: “These are frightening statistics. Even a fraction of these figures would serve to highlight just how widespread antisemitic conspiracy theories have become. The numbers here are downright terrifying. It is particularly alarming that these tropes are so popular among the younger population, which raises serious questions about the quality of formal education in this area and the critical role that social media plays in propagating these racist ideas. It means that the fight against antisemitism is only going to have to intensify and more must be done to prevent the indoctrination of children into antisemitic conspiracy online.”
Campaign Against Antisemitism closely monitors the far-right, which remains a dangerous threat to the Jewish community and other minority groups.
Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Antisemitism Barometer 2019 showed that antisemitism on the far-left of British politics has surpassed that of the far-right.
