What is the connection between antisemitism and radical Islamic terrorism?
Islamic terrorism targets both Western “Crusader” civilization and Jews. In radical Islamic eyes Jews are regarded as enemies of God, and thus they oppose Moslem traditional acceptance of Jews as the People of the Book. They are regarded as having immorally occupied “Islamic” land by establishing the state of Israel, and Jews are deemed to be only aggressors and oppressors in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In other words there is absolutely no recognition on any level of Jewish historic claims to the right to live as a sovereign people in the Land of Israel. In their phantasies, Jews are seen as conforming to all of the false and evil stereotypes used against them over the generations. In addition, they are said to be the foremost agents of America and Western “Crusader” civilization, thus repeating Nazi ideology. Radical Islamic terrorism seeks to murder Jews simply because they are Jews – regardless of their political orientation, regardless of the where they make their homes, and
