State Department Report Indicates Anti-Semitism Increasing Worldwide, Fueled by Some Nations

The Telegraph website reports that traditional and new forms of anti-Semitism continue to increase worldwide -- much of it resulting from the Gaza conflict -- based on the findings of a State Department study.

"Often despite official efforts to combat the problem, societal anti-Semitism persisted across Europe, South America, and beyond, and manifested itself in classic forms," the State Department said in its annual report released March 11, 2010.

Such incidents -- the report states -- involved attacks on Jews or places of worship, as well as desecration of cemeteries and accusations of undue Jewish influence on government policy and media.

The report also accused some governments -- including those of Egypt and Iran -- of fueling anti-Semitism rather than combating it.