Anti-Israeli hatred worst since 1930s in US

A senior Zionist figure has expressed concern about the growing size of anti-Israeli sentiment in the United States albeit branding it ‘anti-Semitics’ according to a worn-out tradition among the Zionist circles.

Head of the so-called ‘Anti-Defamation League,’ Jonathan Greenblatt said in a conference that the hatred in America is worse than at any point since the 1930s, according to Times of Israel.

Speaking Thursday at the opening of the ADL’s “Never Is Now” summit in New York, he said “currents on both the far-right and far-left have led to resurgence” of the sentiment.

He mentioned the platform of the Movement for Black Lives published this year that accused Israel of genocide.

Greenblatt also detailed the attacks that rose during the 2016 presidential campaign, mentioning the appointment of Stephen Bannon as the chief strategist to President-elect Donald Trump.

“The American Jewish community, our community, has not seen this level” of hatred “in mainstream political and public discourse since the 1930s,” Greenblatt said.